Flaveria bidentis

Flaveria bidentis, the coastal plain yellowtops, is a South American plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It is native to South America, and naturalized in many places (Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, the southeastern United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, etc.).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Flaveria bidentis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Flaveria
Species:
F. bidentis
Binomial name
Flaveria bidentis
(L.) Kuntze 1898 not B.L.Rob. 1907
Synonyms[1]

In the U.S. it is native to Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

Flaveria bidentis is an annual herb up to 100 cm (39.5 in) tall. One plant can sometimes produce 100 or more flower heads in a tightly packed array. Each head contains 3-8 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes the head also contains a single yellow ray flower.[8][9]

References
  1. The Plant List, Flaveria bidentis (L.) Kuntze
  2. Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. 10: 1–726. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la provincia de Jujuy. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
  3. López Calderón, R. P. 2000. La prepuna boliviana. Ecología en Bolivia 34: 45–70.
  4. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.
  5. Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Flora of the Galápagos Islands 1–998. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  6. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  7. Flora of North America, Flaveria bidentis (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1898. Coastal plain yellowtops
  8. Flora of China, Flaveria bidentis (Linnaeus) Kuntze, 1898. 黄顶菊 huang ding ju
  9. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 623-626 description and commentary in English, South American distribution map on page 624


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