Flaveria campestris

Flaveria campestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species: F. campestris
Binomial name
Flaveria campestris
J.R.Johnst.
Synonyms[1]
  • Flaveria angustifolia A.Gray
  • Flaveria integrifolia Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Flaveria radicans Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

Flaveria campestris, common name Alkali yellowtops, is a plant species native to the southwestern United States and to the southern Great Plains (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri). It is found on saline soils and on the margins of lakes, ponds and streams.[2]

Flaveria campestris is an annal herb up to 90 cm (35 inches) tall. It produces a tightly packed corymb of up to 100 small flower heads. Flowers are yellow, sometimes lacking ray flowers, other times with only a single ray flower per head. Each head has 5-8 disc flowers. [2][3]


References

  1. The Plant List
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 21 p 250.
  3. Johnston, John Robert. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39(11): 287. 1903.