Helenium chihuahuense

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Helenium chihuahuense
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H. chihuahuense
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Helenium chihuahuense
Bierner 1972
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Helenium chihuahuense is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family. It has been found only in the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico. [1] [3]

Helenium chihuahuense is a branching annual herb up to 78 cm (31.2 inches) tall with thick rootstocks producing only one stem with a single flower head. The leaves are long, narrow and irregularly lobed. The head is spherical or egg-shaped, with many disc flowers, each yellow with purple tips. These are surrounded by about 14-15 yellow ray flowers. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bierner, Mark William. 1972. Sida 5(1): 45-47, as Helenium chihuahuensis, includes full-page line drawing on page 46
  2. Tropicos, Helenium chihuahuense Bierner
  3. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100