Flaveria campestris

Flaveria campestris, common name alkali yellowtops,[2] is a plant species native to the southwestern United States and to the southern Great Plains (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma).[3] It is found on saline soils and on the margins of lakes, ponds and streams.[2]

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 1849 not (Cav.) Pers. 1807
  • Flaveria integrifolia Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Flaveria radicans Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

Flaveria campestris is an annal herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) 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][4][5]

References
  1. The Plant List, Flaveria campestris
  2. Flora of North America, Flaveria campestris J. R. Johnston, 1903. Alkali yellowtops .
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Johnston, John Robert. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39(11): 287. 1903.
  5. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 626-628 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 608
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