Flaveria campestris

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Flaveria campestris
Inflorescence of Flaveria campestris.jpg
Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. campestris
Binomial name
Flaveria campestris
Synonyms [1]
  • Flaveria angustifoliaA.Gray 1849 not (Cav.) Pers. 1807
  • Flaveria integrifoliaMoc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Flaveria radicansMoc. & Sessé ex DC.

Flaveria campestris, common name alkali yellowtops, [2] is a plant species native to the southwestern United States and to the southern Great Plains (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma). [3] It is found on saline soils and on the margins of lakes, ponds and streams. [2]

Flaveria campestris is an annal herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces a tightly packed corymb of up to 100 small flower heads. Flowers are yellow, sometimes lacking ray flowers, other times with only a single ray flower per head. Each head has 5-8 disc flowers. [2] [4] [5]

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