Rafinesquia neomexicana

Rafinesquia neomexicana
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Flowering plant near Amboy, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Genus: Rafinesquia
Species: R. neomexicana
Binomial name
Rafinesquia neomexicana
A.Gray[1]

Rafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. Common names include Desert Chicory, Plumeseed or New Mexico Plumeseed.[1][2]

Plants are gray-green with sparse foliage and are between 15 and 50 cm high.[2] Basal leaves are 5 to 20 cm long and pinnate with narrow lobes while leaves further up the stem are smaller.[2] White flowerheads appear at the end of the stems between May and June in the species native range.[2]

In the United States the species occurs in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.[1] It occurs in the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The PLANTS Database". USDA, NRCS. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RANE. Retrieved 2009-08-16. 
  2. ^ a b c d Spellenberg, R. (1979). Field Guide to North American Wildflowers - Western Region. National Audubon Society. ISBN 0 375 40233 0. 
  3. ^ Flora of North America

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