Flaveria brownii

Flaveria brownii, Brown's yellowtops,[1] is a North American plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It is found only in the coastal regions of southern Texas in the United States.[2] It grows primarily in sand dunes and salt marshes close to the Gulf of Mexico.

Flaveria brownii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Flaveria
Species:
F. brownii
Binomial name
Flaveria brownii
A.M.Powell 1979

Flaveria brownii is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (27.5 in) tall. Stems sometimes grow straight up, sometimes reclining on the ground. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 12 cm (4.5 in) long. One plant can sometimes produce 100 or more flower heads in a loose, branching array, each head with 5-10 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes the head also contains one single ray flower.[1][3]

References
  1. Flora of North America, Flaveria brownii A. M. Powell 1979
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 607-609 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, photo of type specimen on page 608, distribution map on page 608


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