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Hymenopappus flavescens

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Asteraceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Hymenopappus

Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.

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Distribution

It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).

Description

Hymenopappus flavescens is a biennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces 15-100 flower heads per stem, each head with 20–40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.

Varieties

Named varieties include:

  • Hymenopappus flavescens var. canotomentosus A.Gray New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua
  • Hymenopappus flavescens var. flavescens - Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

    • References

    Hymenopappus flavescens Wikipedia
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