Tetraneuris linearifolia | |
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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: | Tetraneuris |
Species: | T. linearifolia
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Binomial name | |
Tetraneuris linearifolia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Synonymy
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Tetraneuris linearifolia is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name fineleaf fournerved daisy. [2] It grows in the south-central United States ( Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico) and northern Mexico ( Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas). [3] [4] [5]
Tetraneuris linearifolia is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 10 above-ground stems. One plant can produce as many as 80 flower heads. Each head has 9–25 yellow ray flowers surrounding 50-200 yellow disc flowers. [6] [7]