Stephanomeria parryi

Stephanomeria parryi is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Parry's wirelettuce.[1] It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in many types of habitat, including many desert areas. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick root and producing one or more slender, upright stems up to about 40 centimeters tall. The green leaves are linear to lance-shaped with lobed edges and are up to 8 centimeters long near the base of the plant. Flower heads occur on the spreading branches. Each has up to 13 or 14 ray florets, each with an elongated tube and a whitish ligule up to 1.5 centimeters long. The fruit is an achene tipped with a spreading cluster of long, tan, plumelike pappus bristles.

Stephanomeria parryi
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S. parryi
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Stephanomeria parryi

References

  1. "Stephanomeria parryi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 3 December 2015.


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