Flaveria cronquistii

Flaveria cronquistii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species: F. cronquistii
Binomial name
Flaveria cronquistii
A.M.Powell 1979

Flaveria cronquistii is a rare Mexican plant species of yellowtops within the sunflower family. It has been found only in the States of Puebla and Oaxaca in central Mexico.

Flaveria cronquistii is a shrub up to 170 cm (68 inches or 5 2/3 feet) tall. One plant can produce numerous small flower heads in loose, branching arrays. Each head contains about 7 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[1]

References

  1. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 621-622 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 610


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