''Platyschkuhria integrifolia'', the basindaisy,
is a
perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
in the genus ''
Platyschkuhria
''Platyschkuhria'' is a genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[Asteraceae
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 ...]
) found in the
Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.
[Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ]
It grows in clay soils in
desert shrub
Deserts and xeric shrublands are a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Deserts and xeric (ancient Greek xērós, “dry") shrublands form the largest terrestrial biome, covering 19% of Earth's land surface area. Ecoregions in this ...
,
pinyon juniper woodland Pinon, Piñon, Piñón, or Pinyon may refer to:
* Pinyon pine (piñon pine), a group of several species of North American pine trees (genus ''Pinus'')
** the edible pine nuts of these trees
** Pinyon-juniper woodland
* the edible seeds of the Sout ...
, and
mountain brush The flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the Western United States.
The flora is generally characterized by plant adaptations to the arid conditions of the region, and a wide variation of plant communities from wide variations in ...
communities.
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References
Bahieae
Flora of the United States
Plants described in 1874
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