''Hymenopappus flavomarginatus'' 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 ...
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It grows in northern Mexico, in the states of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
,
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
, and
San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...
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Description
''Hymenopappus flavomarginatus'' is a biennial herb up to tall. It has very narrow divided leaves, resembling branching threads.
Each plant produces numerous flower heads in a flat-topped cluster, each head with 40-50 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.
Johnston, Ivan Murray. 1923. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 68: 95
description in Latin, commentary in English
References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 2003
flavomarginatus
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Coahuila
Flora of Nuevo León
Flora of San Luis Potosí
Plants described in 1923
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