Glyptopleura

Glyptopleura
	Glyptopleura marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Glyptopleura; D.C.Eaton
Type species
	Glyptopleura marginata; D.C.Eaton

Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion family.^[2]^[3]^[4] The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion, keysia, and crustleaf.

This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow.^[5]

Species^[1]^[6]

Glyptopleura marginata D.C.Eaton - California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho
Glyptopleura setulosa A.Gray - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona

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[z-1] Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist

[2] Eaton, Daniel Cady in Watson, Sereno. 1872. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany page 207 in English

[3] Eaton, Daniel Cady in Watson, Sereno. 1872. United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany plate XX (20), figures 11-18 line drawing of Glyptopleura marginata

[4] Tropicos, Glyptopleura D.C. Eaton

[5] Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 361 Glyptopleura D. C. Eaton in S. Watson

[6] Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps

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