Hazardia squarrosa
| Hazardia squarrosa | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Hazardia |
| Species: | H. squarrosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hazardia squarrosa (Hook. & Arn.) Greene | |
| Synonyms | |
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Haplopappus squarrosus | |
Hazardia squarrosa is a species of shrub in the daisy family known by the common name sawtooth goldenbush.[1] It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in coastal and inland scrub and chaparral habitats. This is a shrub of variable size, from low and clumpy to sprawling over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. It is covered in thick, sharply toothed leaves a few centimeters long and is generally not very hairy or woolly. It bears discoid flower heads covered in greenish, pointed phyllaries and opening into an array of long yellow to slightly reddish disc florets and no ray florets.
References
- ↑ "Hazardia squarrosa". USDA. Plants Profile. Retrieved March 28, 2008.