Flaveria pubescens

Flaveria pubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Flaveria
Species:	F. pubescens
Binomial name
	Flaveria pubescens; Rydb. 1915
Synonyms
	Flaveria longifolia var. subtomentosa Greenm. & C.H.Thomps.;

Flaveria pubescens is a rare Mexican plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It has been found only in the States of Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí in northeastern Mexico.^[2]

Flaveria pubescens is an perennial herb up to 80 cm (31.5 in) tall. Leaves are about 5–10 cm (2.0–3.9 in) long, covered in short, soft hairs. One plant can produce numerous flower heads in a loose branching array. Each head contains 10-15 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.^[2]^[3]

References

^ The Plant List, Flaveria pubescens Rydb.
^ ^a ^b Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 609-610 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 610
^ Rydberg, Per Axel. 1915. North American Flora 34(2): 145–146

External links

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in San Luis Potosí in 1904, isotype of Flaveria pubescens

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[1] The Plant List, Flaveria pubescens Rydb.

[f-2] Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 609-610 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 610

[3] Rydberg, Per Axel. 1915. North American Flora 34(2): 145–146

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