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Harmonia doris nilesiae

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Asteraceae

Scientific name
  
Harmonia doris-nilesiae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Harmonia

Higher classification
  
Harmonia

Harmonia doris-nilesiae is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names serpentine tarweed and Niles' madia.

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This plant was first described to science in 1985, when it was named Madia doris-nilesiae after the California botanist and teacher Doris Niles. It and several others were moved to the new genus Harmonia in 1999.

Description

Harmonia doris-nilesiae is an annual herb growing up to about 26 centimeters tall, its upper branches bristly and glandular. The bristly, toothed leaves are up to 4 centimeters long.

The inflorescence bears several flower heads on long, thin peduncles. Each head has yellow disc florets tipped with yellow anthers and 4 to 8 bright yellow ray florets each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a black achene with a small pappus.

Distribution

Harmonia doris-nilesiae is endemic to the southern Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it grows in serpentine soils.

References

Harmonia doris-nilesiae Wikipedia