Hazardia rosarica
Hazardia rosarica is a Mexican species of shrub in the family Asteraceae.
| Hazardia rosarica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Hazardia |
| Species: | H. rosarica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hazardia rosarica (Moran) W.D.Clark 1979 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
The plant is endemic to Mexico, found only in the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico.[2] It grows on the Pacific side of the Baja California Peninsula.
Description
Hazardia rosarica is a shrub up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall with lemon-scented foliage. It has several stems arising from a woody underground caudex.
The plant produces numerous flower heads each head with 12-30 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.[3]
References
- The Plant List, Hazardia rosarica (Moran) W.D.Clark
- SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos of herbarium specimens, description, distribution map.
- Moran, Reid Venable. 1969. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(11): 159–161 includes black & white photograph on page 160, as Haplopappus rosaricus
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.