Biology:Tetraneuris torreyana

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Tetraneuris torreyana
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T. torreyana
Binomial name
Tetraneuris torreyana
(Nutt.) Greene 1898
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Tetraneuris torreyana is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name Torrey's four-nerve daisy.[2] It grows in the western United States, in extreme southern Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.[3]

Tetraneuris torreyana is a perennial herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 40 unbranched, above-ground stems. One plant can produce as many as 40 flower heads. Each head has 7–14 yellow ray flowers surrounding 25-150 yellow disc flowers.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15558281 entry