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Engelmannia pinnatifida

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Engelmannia pinnatifida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Engelmannia
Species:
E. pinnatifida
Binomial name
Engelmannia pinnatifida
Synonyms[1]
  • Angelandra pinnatifida (Nutt.) Endl. ex Walp.

Engelmannia pinnatifida is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southern United States and northern Mexico, the States of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Texas, New Mexico.[2]

Engelmannia pinnatifida is a branching perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves at the base are bipinnatifid, while leaves on the stem are merely pinnatifid. The plant produces many small flower heads, generally with 8 ray florets and 40-50 disc florets.[3] Flower petals are yellow in color.[4] It grows in open, calcareous fields and roadsides.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Engelmannia pinnatifida A.Gray ex Nutt.
  2. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  3. ^ Nuttall, Thomas 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 343–344
  4. ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
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