Parthenium alpinum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Parthenium |
Species: | P. alpinum |
Binomial name | |
Parthenium alpinum | |
Synonyms | |
Bolophyta alpina |
Parthenium alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names alpine feverfew and Wyoming feverfew. It is native to Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico in the United States. [1]
This is a small, mat-forming, long-lived perennial herb with gray-green, hairy leaves and solitary flower heads. The heads contain whitish or greenish disc florets and a few pistillate ray florets that do not have ligules. [2] [3] Flowering occurs in mid-April through mid-May. [3]
This plant grows in grasslands and shrublands, especially those dominated by Cercocarpus . The elevation ranges from 1500 to 2200 meters. [1] Despite its name it does not actually grow in alpine climates. [3] The plant generally grows on limestone, but also on shale. [1] It grows on exposed, wind-eroded ridges and hills with little vegetative cover. The soils are thin and gravelly. [3]
This plant occurs in five Wyoming counties and one Colorado county, and in 1984 it was discovered in New Mexico, where it occurs in two counties. It has a disjunct distribution, its range divided into five main population centers. It is most common in Wyoming, where there are probably millions of plants. [3] In Platte County there are perhaps one million or more. [1]
Tanacetum is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, native to many regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are known commonly as tansies. The name tansy can refer specifically to Tanacetum vulgare, which may be called the common tansy or garden tansy for clarity.
Tanacetum parthenium, known as feverfew, is a flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It may be grown as an ornament, and may be identified by its synonyms, Chrysanthemum parthenium and Pyrethrum parthenium.
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Townsendia condensata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names cushion Townsend daisy and cushion townsendia. It is native to North America where it is known from many scattered occurrences in the mountains of the western United States and Alberta in Canada. It is mainly limited to the alpine climates of high mountain peaks, where it grows in meadows, tundra, and barren, rocky talus. It grows alongside other alpine plants such as Eriogonum androsaceum.
Townsendia leptotes is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names common Townsend daisy and slender townsendia. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in the alpine climates of high mountain ranges from California to Montana to New Mexico.
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P. alpinum may refer to:
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