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Species of flowering plant
Tetraneuris scaposa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade :
Tracheophytes
Clade :
Angiosperms
Clade :
Eudicots
Clade :
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Tetraneuris
Species:
T. scaposa
Binomial name
Tetraneuris scaposa
Synonyms
[1]
Cephalophora scaposa DC. 1836
Actinea angustifolia (Rydb.) A.Nelson
Actinea linearis (Greene) A.Nelson
Actinea scaposa (DC.) Kuntze
Actinella fastigiata (Greene) A.Nelson
Actinella glabra Nutt.
Actinella lanuginosa Buckley
Actinella linearis (Nutt.) A.Nelson
Actinella scaposa (DC.) Nutt.
Gaillardia roemeriana Scheele
Hymenoxys glabra (Nutt.) Shinners
Hymenoxys scaposa (DC.) K.F.Parker
Picradenia scaposa (DC.) Britton
Ptilepida scaposa (DC.) Britton
Tetraneuris angustata Greene
Tetraneuris angustifolia Rydb.
Tetraneuris fastigiata Greene
Tetraneuris glabra (Nutt.) Greene
Tetraneuris linearis (Nutt.) Greene
Tetraneuris stenophylla Rydb.
Tetraneuris scaposa (common names stemmy four-nerve daisy
[2] and stemmy hymenoxys ) is a North American species of flowering plant in the
sunflower family . It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States (
Nebraska ,
Kansas ,
Oklahoma ,
Texas ,
New Mexico ,
Arizona ,
Utah , and
Colorado ) and northern Mexico (
Chihuahua ,
Coahuila ,
Nuevo León ,
Tamaulipas ,
San Luis Potosí , and
Zacatecas ).
[3]
[4]
[5]
Tetraneuris scaposa is a perennial herb up to 40 cm (16 inches) tall. It forms a branching underground
caudex sometimes producing as many as 100 above-ground stems. Leaves are concentrated low on the stem, close to the ground. Flower heads can either be present individually one per stem, or multiply in tight clumps. Each head has 12–26 ray flowers surrounding 25–180 disc flowers.
[6]
Uses
The
Zuni people use an
infusion of it as an
eyewash . The
Zuni believe that this eyewash is not for people with a "bad heart".
[7]
References
^
The Plant List, Tetraneuris scaposa (DC.) Greene
^
USDA, NRCS (n.d.).
"Tetraneuris scaposa " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015 .
^
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
^
SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter description, photos, distribution map
^
Flora of North America, Tetraneuris scaposa (de Candolle) Greene, 1898.
^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 60, 61)
External links
Tetraneuris scaposa Cephalophora scaposa