''Hazardia vernicosa'' is a Mexican species of
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
. It has been found only in the state of
Baja California
Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...
in northwestern Mexico, specifically near
El Rosario. It has not been found in the United States although one of the Mexican populations is less than 10 km ( miles) south of the international border.
''Hazardia vernicosa'' is a branching subshrub up to tall with several stems arising from a woody underground caudex. The plant produces numerous
flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
each head with 3-5 yellow disc flowers plus 3-5 ray flowers.
Brandegee, Townshend Stith. 1889. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 2: 168-169
as ''Aplopappus vernicosus''
References
External links
vernicosa
Flora of Baja California
Endemic flora of Mexico
Plants described in 1889
Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
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