''Dahlia tenuicaulis'' is a species of flowering plant 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 ...
, native to the mountains of southern Mexico.
A so-called "tree dahlia", its flowers are wide.
It is occasionally available from commercial suppliers.
References
tenuicaulis
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Southwestern Mexico
Flora of Central Mexico
Flora of Veracruz
Plants described in 1969
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