''Hymenopappus flavescens'', the collegeflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the
daisy family
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 ...
.
Distribution and habitat
It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States (
Kansas,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
,
Texas,
Colorado,
New Mexico,
Arizona) and northern Mexico (
Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
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). It grows in sandy soils.
Description
''Hymenopappus flavescens'' is a biennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces 15-100 flower heads per stem, each head with 20–40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.
[Flora of North America, ''Hymenopappus flavescens'' A. Gray, 1849. ]
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Varieties
Named varieties include:[
*''Hymenopappus flavescens'' var. ''canotomentosus'' A.Gray New Mexico, Texas, ]Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to:
Places
*Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state
**Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state
**Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state
**Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state
**Chihuahua Mun ...
*''Hymenopappus flavescens'' var. ''flavescens'' - Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
, Texas
References
flavescens
Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
Flora of the United States
Flora of the South-Central United States
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Chihuahua (state)
Plants described in 1849
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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