Helenium laciniatum is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is found in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.[1][2]
| Helenium laciniatum | |
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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: | Helenium |
| Species: | H. laciniatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Helenium laciniatum A.Gray 1874
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Helenium laciniatum is a small perennial herb rarely more than 20 cm (8 in) tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed or compound. One plant can produce several flower heads, each on its own long, thin flower stalk.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
- ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Helenium laciniatum A.Gray includes distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
- ^ Gray, Asa 1874. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 203 in Latin
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