Flaveria floridana, the Florida yellowtops,[2] is a North American plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only along the Gulf Coast of Florida between Clearwater and Marco Island, mostly in the Tampa Bay region.[3][4]
| Flaveria floridana | |
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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: | Flaveria |
| Species: | F. floridana
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| Binomial name | |
| Flaveria floridana J.R.Johnst. 1903
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Flaveria pinetorum S.F.Blake | |
Flaveria floridana is an perennial herb up to 120 cm (3.9 ft) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long. One plant can sometimes produce as many as 100 flower heads in a tightly packed array. Each head contains 9-14 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes it produces a single yellow ray flower as well.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Flaveria floridana J.R.Johnst.
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Flaveria floridana J. R. Johnston, 1903. Florida yellowtops
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 613-616 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 616
External links
edit- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected on Hog Island in 1901
- Native Florida Wildflowers photos
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