Biology:Acourtia nana
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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: | Acourtia |
| Species: | A. nana
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| Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King
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Acourtia nana, the desert holly or dwarf desertpeony, is a North American species of perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert regions of the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas ) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).[3][4][5]
Flowers, uncommonly seen, have a scent similar to jasmine or violets.[6]:74
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Acourtia nana". NatureServe. 2022-06-22. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158807.
- ↑ The Plant List Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 73, 74 Desert holly, dwarf desertpeony Acourtia nana (A. Gray) Reveal & R. M. King, Phytologia. 27: 230. 1973.
- ↑ Gray, Asa 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 111 descriptions in English and Latin
- ↑ Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232.
- ↑ Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN:9780762773688
Wikidata ☰ Q15571025 entry
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