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Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.

Hymenopappus flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Hymenopappus
Species:	H. flavescens
Binomial name
Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray 1849
Synonyms[1]
Rothia flavescens (A.Gray) Kuntze Hymenopappus robustus Greene

Distribution and habitat

It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).[3][4] It grows in sandy soils.[5]

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.[6]

Varieties

Named varieties include:[1]

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

References

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