Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Bahieae
Genus: Florestina
Species: Florestina tripteris
Name
Florestina tripteris DC.
References
Prodr. 5:655. 1836
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Florestina tripteris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Florestina tripteris, the sticky florestina,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is found in Mexico (from Chihuahua and Nuevo León as far south as Guerrero) and in the south-central United States (Texas).[3][4][5]
Florestina tripteris is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. One plant produces many flower heads in a branching array. Each head contains as many as 30 white disc flowers but no ray flowers. The species grows in open, sunlit locations.[6]
References
The Plant List, Florestina tripteris DC.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Florestina tripteris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
Tropicos, Florestina tripteris DC.
photo of herbarium specimen collected n Nuevo León in 1990
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Flora of North America, Florestina tripteris de Candolle 1836
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