Tetraneuris ivesiana
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Tetraneuris |
Species: | T. ivesiana
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Binomial name | |
Tetraneuris ivesiana Greene 1898
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Tetraneuris ivesiana is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, known by the common name Ives' fournerved daisy.[3] It grows in the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.[4][5]
T. ivesiana is a perennial herb up to 26 cm (10 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 30 above-ground stems. One plant can produce as many as 30 flower heads. Each head has 7–10 yellow ray flowers surrounding 40–150 yellow disc flowers.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Tetraneuris ivesiana
- ^ Tropicos, Tetraneuris ivesiana
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tetraneuris ivesiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter description, photos, distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Tetraneuris ivesiana Greene, Pittonia. 3: 269. 1898.