Chrysopsis godfreyi

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysopsis
Species:
C. godfreyi
Binomial name
Chrysopsis godfreyi

Chrysopsis godfreyi, or Godfrey's goldenaster,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of Florida and Alabama in the southeastern United States.[2]

Chrysopsis godfreyi is an herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, with a large taproot and most of its leaves in a rosette close to the ground. It produces numerous yellow flower heads in large arrays, each head having both ray florets and disc florets. The species grows on sand dunes and other sandy areas along the Gulf Coast in southern Alabama and in the Florida Panhandle.[3][4]

References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chrysopsis godfreyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Chrysopsis godfreyi Semple
  4. Semple, John Cameron 1978. Canadian Journal of Botany 56(17): 2092–2096
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