Guardiola platyphylla, the Apache plant,[1] is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is found in northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora) and the southwestern United States (southern Arizona).[2][3][4]
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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: | Guardiola |
| Species: | G. platyphylla
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Guardiola platyphylla is a branching perennial herb or subshrub up to 100 cm (39 in) tall. Leaves are opposite, thick and leathery, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. One plant will produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head contains 1-5 white ray flowers surrounding 3-20 white disc flowers.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Guardiola platyphylla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray photos, description, distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray 1853
- ^ Gray, Asa. 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 91. diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English
External links
edit- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Sonora in 2011
- Andrew Hodgson, Andy Down Under, Trees, Shrubs & Ferns of the Sonoran Desert photos of several species including Guardiola platyphylla
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