''Dicoria calliptera'' is a

Mexica The Mexica (Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of ...

n species of flowering plant in the family

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. It has been found only in the State of

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

, on hills nea
Adair Bay
at the northern end of the

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, west of

Puerto Peñasco Puerto Peñasco ( ood, Geʼe Ṣuidagĭ) is a small city located in Puerto Peñasco Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora, from the border with the U.S. state of Arizona. According to the 2020 census, it has a population o ...

.The Plant List, ''Dicoria calliptera'' Rose & Standl.
/ref> ''Dicoria calliptera'' has spreading branches up to 50 cm (20 inches) long. Leaves are egg-shaped, very small, rarely more than 15 mm (0.6 inches) long. One plant can produce many small

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 ...

.Rose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: page18
description in EnglishRose, J.N. & Paul C. Standley. 1912. Report on a collection of plants from the Pinacate Region of Sonora. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16: plate 18
line drawing of ''Dicoria calliptera''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15574985 Heliantheae Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Sonora Plants described in 1912