''Hymenothrix wislizeni'', the Trans-Pecos thimblehead, 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 northwestern Mexico (
Baja California
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,
Sonora
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,
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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 ...
) and the southwestern United States (far western
Texas
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,
Arizona
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,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
).
''Hymenothrix wislizeni'' is an annual herb up to tall. Each head has 15-30 yellow or cream-colored disc flowers surrounded by 8-12 yellow ray flowers.
[Flora of North America, ''Hymenothrix wislizeni'' A. Gray, 1849. ]
/ref>Gray, Asa. 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 102
/ref>
References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Chihuahua in 1846, type specimen for ''Hymenothrix wislizeni''
Bahieae
Flora of Arizona
Flora of Baja California
Flora of Chihuahua (state)
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of Sonora
Flora of Texas
Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
Plants described in 1849
Taxa named by Asa Gray
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