Biology:Luina hypoleuca

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Luina hypoleuca
Luina hypoleuca in Mount Rainier National Park
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Luina
Species:
L. hypoleuca
Binomial name
Luina hypoleuca
Benth.

Luina hypoleuca, the littleleaf silverback,[1] is a species of the genus Luina and the family Asteraceae. It grows to 40 centimetres (16 inches) in height, its leaves 2.5–6.5 cm (1–2 1⁄2 in) long and white on the underside (hence the specific epithet, meaning 'bottom white').[2] It flowers between June and October, with yellowish rayless flower heads about 9 millimetres (3⁄8 in) long.[2] It is found in North America on open and usually rocky places between elevations of 70–2,100 metres (230–6,890 feet) in British Columbia, California , Oregon, and Washington.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Luina hypoleuca". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LUHY. Retrieved 23 June 2015. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Spellenberg, Richard (2001). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Western Region (rev ed.). Knopf. pp. 384–385. ISBN 978-0-375-40233-3. https://archive.org/details/nationalaudubons00spel/page/384/. 
  3. ↑ "1. Luina hypoleuca Bentham". Flora of North America 20: 626, 628. 

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