Chrysopsis latisquamea

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Chrysopsis latisquamea

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Chrysopsis
Species:
C. latisquamea
Binomial name
Chrysopsis latisquamea

Chrysopsis latisquamea (pineland goldenaster),[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family. It has been found only in Florida.[2]

Chrysopsis latisquamea is a biennial herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. Each plant usually produces only one stem but it can hold as many as 60 yellow flower heads, each head with both ray florets and disc florets. The species grows in sandy locations in open brushlands.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chrysopsis latisquamea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Chrysopsis latisquamea Pollard
  4. ^ Pollard, Charles Louis 1900. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13(29): 131–132
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