Biology:Guardiola platyphylla
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Guardiola platyphylla | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Guardiola |
| Species: | G. platyphylla
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| Binomial name | |
| Guardiola platyphylla A.Gray
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Guardiola platyphylla, the Apache plant,[1] is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States . It is found in northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora) and the southwestern United States (southern Arizona).[2][3][4]
Guardiola platyphylla is a branching perennial herb or subshrub up to 100 cm (39 in) tall. Leaves are opposite, thick and leathery, up to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. One plant will produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head contains 1-5 white ray flowers surrounding 3-20 white disc flowers.[5][6]
References
- ↑ "Guardiola platyphylla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GUPL. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford
- ↑ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray photos, description, distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray 1853
- ↑ Gray, Asa. 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 91. diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English
External links
- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Sonora in 2011
- Andrew Hodgson, Andy Down Under, Trees, Shrubs & Ferns of the Sonoran Desert photos of several species including Guardiola platyphylla
Wikidata ☰ Q15552585 entry
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