Pericome

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Pericome
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Pericome caudata (mountain tail-leaf)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Perityleae
Subtribe: Peritylinae
Genus: Pericome
A.Gray
Type species
Pericome caudata
A. Gray
Species

2, see text

Pericome is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. There are two species. Pericome caudata is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is relatively common. The second species, Pericome macrocephala , is known only from Durango in Mexico at its type locality. [1]

These are branching perennial herbs or small shrubs often exceeding one meter tall. They bear clusters of flower heads with golden disc florets.

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References

  1. Powell, A. M. (1973). Taxonomy of Pericome (Compositae: Peritylinae). The Southwestern Naturalist 18:3 335-9.