''Flaveria brownii'', or Brown's yellowtops, is a North American plant species of ''

Flaveria ''Flaveria'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. They are sometimes called yellowtops. Some are annual or perennial herbs and some are shrubs. They bear yellow flowers in heads, with zero, one, or two ray florets in each head. These pl ...

'' within 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 is found only in the coastal regions of southern

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

in the United States. It grows primarily in sand dunes and salt marshes. ''Flaveria brownii '' is a perennial herb up to tall. Stems sometimes grow straight up, sometimes reclining on the ground. Leaves are long and narrow, up to long. One plant can sometimes produce 100 or more flower heads in a loose, branching array, each head with 5-10 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes the head also contains one single ray flower.

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brownii Endemic flora of Texas Plants described in 1979 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asteroideae-stub