Chrysothamnus scopulorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysothamnus
Species:
C. scopulorum
Binomial name
Chrysothamnus scopulorum
(M.E. Jones) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
Synonyms[1]
  • Bigelowia menziesii var. scopulorum M.E.Jones
  • Haplopappus scopulorum (M.E.Jones) S.F.Blake
  • Haplopappus scopulorum var. hirtellus S.F.Blake
  • Hesperodoria scopulorum (M.E.Jones) Greene
  • Isocoma scopulorum (M.E.Jones) Rydb.

Chrysothamnus scopulorum, called Grand Canyon glowweed or evening-daisy , is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in northern Arizona and southern Utah.[2]

Chrysothamnus scopulorum is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with tan or gray bark, becoming flaky as it gets old. It has many small, yellow flower heads clumped into dense arrays. The species grows on mountain slopes alongside brush and Ponderosa pine.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chrysothamnus greenei (A.Gray) Greene
  2. ↑ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map". Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Grand Canyon glowweed or evening-daisy, Chrysothamnus scopulorum (M.E. Jones) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
  4. ↑ Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, Roberts, Roland P., & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian. 2005. Sida 21(3): 1626-1627
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