Yellow tack-stem

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Yellow tack-stem

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Calycoseris
Species: C. parryi
Binomial name
Calycoseris parryi

The Yellow tack-stem (Calycoseris parryi) is a spring wildflower found in the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States. It grows to 12 inches in sandy soils below 6,000 feet. The plant has yellow flowers with leaves up to 4.5 inches long, and is part of the Sunflower Family.

[edit] References

  • Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 110