''Hymenopappus hintoniorum'' 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 ...
. It grows in northern Mexico, in the state of
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 ...
.
''Hymenopappus hintoniorum'' grows at high elevations (3000 meters (10,000 feet) or more above sea level) in the
Sierra Madre Occidental. It is a biennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It has very narrow divided leaves, resembling branching threads. One plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped clusters, each head with 100 or more 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
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Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Coahuila in 1985
hintoniorum
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Coahuila
Plants described in 1985
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