Hymenoxys lemmonii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Hymenoxys |
Species: | H. lemmonii |
Binomial name | |
Hymenoxys lemmonii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Hymenoxys lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Lemmon's rubberweed, Lemmon's bitterweed, and alkali hymenoxys. [2] It is native to the western United States in and around the Great Basin in Utah, Nevada, northern California, and southeastern Oregon. [3]
Hymenoxys lemmonii is a biennial or perennial herb with one or more branching stems growing erect to a maximum height near 50 centimeters (20 inches). It produces straight, dark green leaves up to 9 centimeters (3.6 inches) long and divided into a number of narrow, pointed lobes. The foliage and stem may be hairless to quite woolly. The daisy-like flower head is generally at least 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) wide, with a center of 50–125 thick golden disc florets and a shaggy fringe of 9–12 golden ray florets. [4]
The species is named for John Gill Lemmon, husband of prominent American botanist Sarah Plummer Lemmon. [5]
Hymenoxys is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America. It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.
Ericameria arborescens is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name goldenfleece. It is widespread across much of California and found also in southwestern Oregon.
Ericameria laricifolia is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name turpentine bush, or turpentine-brush. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).
Ericameria nana is a North American species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common names dwarf goldenbush and rubberweed. It is native to the western United States from eastern California, southeastern Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and southwestern Montana.
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Erigeron blochmaniae is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Blochman's erigeron and Blochman's leafy daisy.
Erigeron bloomeri is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name scabland fleabane.
Erigeron breweri is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name Brewer's fleabane.
Erigeron cervinus is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Siskiyou fleabane and Siskiyou fleabane daisy.
Erigeron eatonii is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common name Eaton's fleabane.
Erigeron elegantulus is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names blue dwarf fleabane and volcanic daisy.
Erigeron lassenianus is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Mount Lassen fleabane.
Hulsea nana is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name dwarf alpinegold. It is native to the western United States from Washington, Oregon, and far northern California.
Hymenoxys cooperi is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Cooper's rubberweed. It is native to the southwestern United States and Great Basin, where it grows in rocky soils in arid regions from southern California to New Mexico, north as far as Idaho and Oregon.
Hymenoxys odorata is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names bitter rubberweed and western bitterweed. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States from southern California to Texas north as far as Kansas and Colorado, as well as northern Mexico. It grows in dry regions.
Agoseris grandiflora is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names California dandelion, bigflower agoseris, and grassland agoseris.
Calycadenia spicata is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name spiked western rosinweed. It is endemic to central California, where is a common grassland plant in the Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills from Butte County to Kern County.
Eriophyllum nubigenum, with the common name Yosemite woolly sunflower, is an uncommon flowering plant in the daisy family. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Sierra Nevada in and around Yosemite National Park.
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