Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray

Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray

Hymenopappus flavescens is a yellow-flowered biennial herb native to sandy soils of the south-central US, southwestern US, and northern Mexico.

Family
Genus
Hymenopappus
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray

Hymenopappus flavescens A.Gray is a biennial herb that can grow up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. Each stem of the plant produces between 15 and 100 flower heads. Every flower head holds 20 to 40 yellow disc flowers, and does not produce any ray flowers. This species grows in the southwestern and south-central United States, specifically within the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. It also grows in northern Mexico, in the state of Chihuahua. It is found growing in sandy soils.

Photo: (c) ellen hildebrandt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by ellen hildebrandt · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Hymenopappus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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