Tetraneuris verdiensis | |
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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. verdiensis
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Binomial name | |
Tetraneuris verdiensis
R.A.Denham &
B.L.Turner 1996
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Tetraneuris verdiensis is a rare North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It has been found in only in Yavapai County in Arizona in the southwestern United States. [1]
Tetraneuris verdiensis is a small perennial herb rarely more than 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 15 unbranched, above-ground stems. The plant generally produces one flower head per stem. Each head 20-40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers. [2] [3]