''Hymenoxys vaseyi'' 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 ...
known by the common name Vasey's rubberweed. It is native to the southwestern United States, primarily in
New Mexico with a few populations in extreme western
Texas (
El Paso County).
''Hymenoxys vaseyi'' grows in open areas, generally at the edges of forests at elevations of 2100–2800 meters (7000–9300 feet). It is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. One plant can produce as many as 50 flower heads in a branching array. Each head has 8-11 yellow ray flowers and 25-80 tiny yellow disc flowers.
[Fklora of North America, ''Hymenoxys vaseyi'' (A. Gray) Cockerell, 1904. Vasey’s rubberweed ]
/ref>Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. 1904. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31(9): 493-494
/ref>
References
vaseyi
Flora of New Mexico
Flora of Texas
Plants described in 1882
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