Biology:Luina hypoleuca

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Luina hypoleuca
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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 12 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 (38 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6700200 entry