Fleischmannia harlingii
Fleischmannia harlingii is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. It produces numerous flower heads in a branching array at the ends of the stems, each head with about 20 white disc flowers per head but no ray flowers.[1]
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The species is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
- King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1986. Phytologia 60: 81-82 description in Latin, commentary in English
- Montúfar, R. & Pitman, N. 2003. Fleischmannia harlingii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
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