Biology:Guardiola angustifolia

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Guardiola angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Guardiola
Species:	G. angustifolia
Binomial name
Guardiola angustifolia B.L.Rob.
Synonyms
Guardiola tulocarpus var. angustifolia A. Gray ex S. Watson 1887 Guardiola mexicana var. angustifolia (A. Gray ex S. Watson) McVaugh

Guardiola angustifolia is a rare North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in western Mexico in the state of Jalisco.

Guardiola angustifolia is a branching perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 ft) tall. Leaves are narrow and lance-shaped, up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long with prominent teeth along the edges. Flower heads are arranged in flat-topped arrays resembling umbels at first glance. Heads have both ray flowers and disc flowers.

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1886

Wikidata ☰ Q15552283 entry