Biology:Heliopsis gracilis
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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: | Heliopsis |
| Species: | H. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliopsis gracilis Nutt. 1840
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Heliopsis gracilis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names smooth oxeye and pinewoods oxeye.[2] It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.[3]
Heliopsis gracilis is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. The plant generally produces 1-5 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 6-19 bright yellow ray florets surrounding 40 or more yellowish-brown disc florets. The fruit is an achene about 5 mm long.[4]
References
- ↑ "Heliopsis gracilis Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-86001.
- ↑ Heliopsis helianthoides. USDA NRCS Plant Guide.
- ↑ "Heliopsis gracilis", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Heliopsis%20gracilis.png
- ↑ Smith, Alan R. (2006), "Heliopsis gracilis", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 21, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066909
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15559777 entry
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