Flaveria sonorensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. sonorensis
Binomial name
Flaveria sonorensis
A.M.Powell

Flaveria sonorensis is a rare Mexican plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in southern Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico. Some of the populations lie very close to hot mineral springs.[1]

Flaveria sonorensis is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (39 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long. One plant will produce numerous small flower heads in flat-topped clusters, each head with 5-7 disc flowers and sometimes a single ray flower.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 618-619 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 608


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