Flaveria linearis

Flaveria linearis, known as narrowleaf yellowtops,[2] is a North American plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It is native to Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.[3][4]

Flaveria linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Flaveria
Species:
F. linearis
Binomial name
Flaveria linearis
Lag. 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Flaveria latifolia (J.R.Johnst.) Rydb.
  • Flaveria tenuifolia Nutt
  • Gymnosperma nudatum DC.
  • Selloa nudata Nutt.
  • Flaveria linearis var. latifolia J.R. Johnst

Flaveria linearis is a perennial herb up to 80 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 13 cm (5 in) long. One plant can produce sometimes as many as 150 small flower heads in a branching array. Each head contains 2-8 yellow disc flowers and sometimes a single yellow ray flower.[2][4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Flaveria linearis Lag.
  2. Flora of North America, Flaveria linearis Lagasca, 1816. Narrowleaf yellowtops
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 615-618 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 616


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