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Asanthus squamulosus

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Asteraceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Asanthus

Asanthus squamulosus is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí), and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico). Common name is Mule Mountain false brickellbush.

Asanthus squamulosus is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads have whitish disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in flats, creekbanks, and gravelly areas, often in pine-oak woodlands.

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Asanthus squamulosus Wikipedia