| Flaveria palmeri | |
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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: | Flaveria |
| Species: | F. palmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Flaveria palmeri J.R.Johnst. 1903 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Flaveria intermedia J.R.Johnst. | |
Flaveria palmeri is a rare Mexican plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the States of Coahuila and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico.
Flaveria palmeri grows in dry gypsum soils in the Chihuahuan Desert. It is a shrub up to 75 cm (30 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 8 cm (3 in) long. One plant can produce numerous small yellow flower heads in loose, branching arrays. Each head contains 3-8 disc flowers plus a few ray flowers.
References
- The Plant List, Flaveria palmeri J.R.Johnst.
- ^ Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 621-622 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 608
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1989
- Johnston, John Robert. 1903. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39: 290
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| Flaveria palmeri | |
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