Biology:Anisocarpus scabridus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Anisocarpus scabridus
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Anisocarpus scabridus (Eastw.) B.G.Baldwin

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Anisocarpus
Species:
A. scabridus
Binomial name
Anisocarpus scabridus
(Eastw.) B.G.Baldwin
Synonyms[2]
  • Raillardella scabrida Eastw.
  • Raillardiopsis scabrida (Eastw.) Rydb.

Anisocarpus scabridus, the leafy raillardiopsis,[3] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Distribution

It is found only in northwestern California , primarily in scree slopes at relatively high elevations in the Coast Ranges of Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Lake, Tehama, and Colusa Counties. There are also a few isolated populations in the southern Cascades of northern Shasta County.[4][5]

Description

Anisocarpus scabridus is a small plant rarely more than 2 inches (5 cm) high. It has blue-green leaves and flower heads containing both ray florets and disc florets.[6]

The plant is quite different in ecology and appearance from the only other species in the genus, A. madioides. The two were classified in different genera for many years until molecular and anatomical studies in the 1990s demonstrated their close relationship.[7]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15582225 entry