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Heliomeris longifolia is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae called the longleaf false goldeneye. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chihuahua and Sonora south to Chiapas, and found also in the southwestern United States from Nevada to western Texas.[2][3][4]

Heliomeris longifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Heliomeris
Species:	H. longifolia
Binomial name
Heliomeris longifolia (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Cockerell 1918
Synonyms[1]
Gymnolomia longifolia B.L.Rob. & Greenm. 1899 Viguiera longifolia (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) S.F.Blake Heliomeris annuus (M.E.Jones) Cockerell, syn of var. annua

Heliomeris longifolia is an annual herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall, with a large taproot. Leaves are up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long, with hairs along the edges. One plant can produce 25 or more yellow flower heads, each head with 12-14 ray flowers surrounding 50 or more tiny disc flowers.[5]

Varieties[1][5]

• Heliomeris longifolia var. annua (M.E.Jones) W.F.Yates
• Heliomeris longifolia var. longifolia

References

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Mexico in 1879, isotype of Heliomeris longifolia
• Czech Botany, hvězdnicovité in Czech with photos

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