Deinandra kelloggii, Kellogg's spikeweed[4] or Kellogg's tarweed,[5] is a North American species of plant in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It is native to Baja California, southern and central California (from Sonoma and Calaveras Counties south to San Diego County), and Arizona (Pima County).[6][7][8][9]
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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: | Deinandra |
| Species: | D. kelloggii
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Deinandra kelloggii is an annual herb, sometimes growing to a height of 150 cm (5 feet). The plant produces numerous flower heads, each with 5 yellow ray florets and 6 disc florets with yellow corollas but with yellow, red, brown, or maroon anthers.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Tropicos, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene
- ^ The Plant List, Deinandra kellogii Greene
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ NRCS. "Hemizonia kelloggii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ Biota of North America 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
- ^ Tropicos, specimen listing for Hemizonia kelloggii Greene
- ^ Flora of North America, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene, Fl. Francisc. 4: 424. 1897.
- ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1883. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 10(4): 41–42 as Hemizonia kelloggii
