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Flaveria brownii

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Flaveria brownii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. brownii
Binomial name
Flaveria brownii

Flaveria brownii, or Brown's yellowtops,[1] is a North American plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the coastal regions of southern Texas in the United States.[2] It grows primarily in sand dunes and salt marshes.[1]

Flaveria brownii is a perennial herb up to 70 cm (27.5 in) tall. Stems sometimes grow straight up, sometimes reclining on the ground. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 12 cm (4.5 in) long. One plant can sometimes produce 100 or more flower heads in a loose, branching array, each head with 5-10 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes the head also contains one single ray flower.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Flaveria brownii in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ Missouri Botanical Garden.; Garden, Missouri Botanical; Botany, Henry Shaw School of (1978). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol. 65. St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press.