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Grindelia sublanuginosa

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Species of flowering plant

Grindelia sublanuginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Grindelia
Species: G. sublanuginosa
Binomial name
Grindelia sublanuginosa
Steyerm. 1934

Grindelia sublanuginosa is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to western Mexico, found only in the State of Jalisco.

Grindelia sublanuginosa is a branching herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. Leaves are olive-green, up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long, with small teeth along the edges. Flower heads contain 8-21 yellow or yellow-orange ray flowers surrounding numerous small disc flowers. The achenes are distinctive in the genus in being tetragonal.

References

  1. Nesom, G.L. 1990. Studies in the systematics of Mexican and Texan Grindelia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 68(4): 316 distribution map on page 316
  2. Steyermark, Julian Alfred. 1934. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 21(3): 458-459 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English
Taxon identifiers
Grindelia sublanuginosa


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