Carminatia tenuiflora

Carminatia tenuiflora (plumeweed)[3] is a species of annual plants in the daisy family. It is native primarily to Mexico, but also the southwestern United States and Central America.[4][5]

Carminatia tenuiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae
Genus:
Carminatia
Species:
C. tenuiflora
Binomial name
Carminatia tenuiflora
DC. 1836[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Brickellia tenuiflora (DC.) D.J.Keil & Pinkava

Description

These plants have erect stems which are unbranched or have few branches and grow 10 centimeters (4 inches) to well over 100 centimeters (40 inches) in height. The leaves are mostly opposite, but on the upper stem they may be alternately arranged. The cylindrical flower heads are just a few millimeters wide and are arranged in narrow or spikelike inflorescences. They contain 8 to 12 greenish or whitish disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela with a pappus of several plumelike bristles or scales.[4]

Carminatia tenuiflora is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, most of Mexico, southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, western Texas[5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. Tropicos, Carminatia Moc. ex DC.
  2. The Plant List, Carminatia tenuiflora DC.
  3. "Carminatia tenuiflora". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. "Carminatia tenuiflora de Candolle". Flora of North America.
  5. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs. 11: i–iv, 1–272
  6. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  7. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  8. Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
  9. Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 32–128, 466–482


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