Flaveria angustifolia

Flaveria angustifolia is a Mexican plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It has been found only in central Mexico, in Oaxaca, Guerrero, Puebla, and the Distrito Federal.[2]

Flaveria angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Flaveria
Species:
F. angustifolia
Binomial name
Flaveria angustifolia
(Cav.) Pers. 1807 not A. Gray 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Flaveria elata Klatt
  • Flaveria integrifolia Moc. & Sessé
  • Flaveria radicans Moc. & Sessé
  • Milleria angustifolia Cav. 1795

Flaveria angustifolia is an perennial herb up to 100 cm (39 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. One plant can produce numerous flower heads in a dense spiral array. Each head contains 5-7 yellow disc flowers. some heads contain no ray flowers but other heads in the same cluster may have one yellow ray flower.[2]

References
  1. The Plant List, Flaveria angustifolia (Cav.) Pers.
  2. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 619-620 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 610


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