Biology:Deinandra halliana

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Deinandra halliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Deinandra
Species:	D. halliana
Binomial name
Deinandra halliana (D.D.Keck) B.G.Baldwin
Synonyms
Hemizonia halliana D.D.Keck

Deinandra halliana, called Hall's tarplant, is a California species of plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in the Coast Ranges of Central California , in Monterey, Fresno, San Benito, and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Deinandra halliana is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. It produces numerous flower heads in an open array, each head containing 8-14 yellow ray florets and as many as 60 disc florets with yellow corollas but yellow or brown anthers.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in San Luis Obispo County, isotype of Deinandra halliana'

Wikidata ☰ Q15572920 entry