Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Hymenopappus |
Species: | H. flavescens |
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Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray 1849 | |
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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]
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]
Named varieties include:[1]
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