Thymophylla pentachaeta

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Thymophylla pentachaeta

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Thymophylla
Species: T. pentachaeta
Binomial name
Thymophylla pentachaeta
(DC.) Small
Synonyms
  • Hymenatherum pentachaetum D.C
  • Dyssodia pentachaeta (D.C) B. L. Robinson

Thymophylla pentachaeta, also known as golden dyssodia or dogweed, is a perennial or subshrub in the Asteraceae family. The species is native to the southwestern United States and Mexico

Four varieties are recognised:

  • T. pentachaeta var. belenidium
  • T. pentachaeta var. hartwegii
  • T. pentachaeta var. pentachaeta
  • T. pentachaeta var. puberula

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