Euchiton involucratus

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Euchiton involucratus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Euchiton
Species:
E. involucratus
Binomial name
Euchiton involucratus
(G.Forst.) Holub 1974
not (G.Forst.) 1991[1]
Synonyms[2]
Synonymy

Euchiton involucratus (common cudweed) is an herb in the pussy's-toes tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to Australia and New Zealand[3] and sparingly naturalized in a few scattered locations in the United States (California + Massachusetts).[4][5]

Euchiton involucratus is a biennial or perennial herb up to 40 cm (16 inches) tall, spreading by means of stolons running along the surface of the ground. Stems are usually unbranched, covered with white woolly hairs. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, green and shiny on the top side, white and woolly underneath. The plant produces flower heads in a hemispheric cluster at the top of the plant, frequently with smaller clusters in the axils of the leaves. Each head is cylindrical, with brown or copper-colored bracts on the outside. It has 80-150 pistillate flowers around the edge of the head plus 3-7 bisexual florets toward the center.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  2. ^ The Plant List, Euchiton involucratus (G.Forst.) Holub
  3. ^ Atlas of Living Australia, Euchiton involucratus (G.Forst.) Holub, Common Cudweed
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Nesom, Guy L. 2002. Euchiton (Asteraceeae: Gnaphalieae) in North America and Hawaii. Sida 20(2):515-521. summaries in parallel English + Spanish, article in English
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Euchiton involucratus (G. Forster) Anderberg, 1991. Common-cudweed
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