''Berlandiera monocephala '' is a
North America
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n species of
flowering plant in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to the southwestern
United States and northern
Mexico, in the states of
Arizona,
New Mexico,
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, and
Sonora
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. Most of the Mexican populations are found in the
Sierra Madre Occidental along the Chihuahua/Sonora line.
''Berlandiera monocephala '' is an herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has
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 ...
borne one at a time, each with yellow
ray florets and yellow
disc florets. The species is found in pine-oak forests in the mountains.
Flora of North America, ''Berlandiera monocephala '' (B.L.Turner) Pinkava
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References
monocephala
Flora of Northern America
Plants described in 1836
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