Hymenopappus flavescens

Hymenopappus flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hymenopappus
Species: H. flavescens
Binomial name
Hymenopappus flavescens
A.Gray 1849
Synonyms[1]
  • Rothia flavescens (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Hymenopappus robustus Greene

Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).[3][4]

Hymenopappus flavescens is a biennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces 15-100 flower heads per stem, each head with 20–40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.[5]

Varieties [1][5]

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