Carminatia tenuiflora (plumeweed)[4] is a species of annual plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native primarily to Mexico, but also the southwestern United States and Central America.[5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Carminatia |
| Species: | C. tenuiflora
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Description
editThese plants have erect stems which are unbranched or have few branches and grow 10 centimeters (4 inches) to well over 100 centimeters (40 inches) in height. The leaves are mostly opposite, but on the upper stem they may be alternately arranged. The cylindrical flower heads are just a few millimeters wide and are arranged in narrow or spikelike inflorescences. They contain 8 to 12 greenish or whitish disc florets. The fruit is a cypsela with a pappus of several plumelike bristles or scales.[5]
Carminatia tenuiflora is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, most of Mexico, southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, western Texas[6][7][8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Tropicos, Carminatia Moc. ex DC.
- ^ The Plant List, Carminatia tenuiflora DC.
- ^ NRCS. "Carminatia tenuiflora". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Carminatia tenuiflora de Candolle". Flora of North America.
- ^ a b Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs. 11: i–iv, 1–272
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
- ^ Berendsohn, W.G. & A.E. Araniva de González. 1989. Listado básico de la Flora Salvadorensis: Dicotyledonae, Sympetalae (pro parte): Labiatae, Bignoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Pedaliaceae, Martyniaceae, Gesneriaceae, Compositae. Cuscatlania 1(3): 290–1–290–13
- ^ Williams, L. O. 1976. Tribe II, Eupatorieae. En: D. L. Nash & L. O. Williams (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part XII. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(12): 32–128, 466–482
- SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Carminatia tenuiflora DC. includes photo and partial distribution map
- Calphotos photo gallery, University of California
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León
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