''Hymenoxys brandegeei'' is a species of flowering plant in the
daisy family
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known by the common names Brandegee's four-nerve daisy, Brandegee's rubberweed or western bitterweed. It is native to the states of
Arizona
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,
Colorado
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, and
New Mexico
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, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
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, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
in the southwestern United States.
''Hymenoxys brandegeei'' grows at elevations of in the mountains, often above timber line. It is a perennial herb up to tall. One plant generally produces one flower head per stem, up to 10 per plant. Each head has 14–23ray flowers and 150–250 disc flowers.
[Flora of North America, ''Hymenoxys brandegeei'' (Porter ex A. Gray) K. F. Parker, 1950. Brandegee’s rubberweed, western bitterweed ]
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The oldest available name for this plant is ''Actinella grandiflora'' var. ''glabrata'', coined in 1874. In elevating the taxon to species status, Asa Gray
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opted to forgo the common but not mandatory custom of using the varietal epithet as a species epithet. He chose instead to call the species ''Actinella brandegei''.Gray, Asa. 1878. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 13: 373
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External links
brandegeei
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Plants described in 1874
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