Grindelia grandiflora: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Grindelia
Species
Grindelia grandiflora
Scientific Name
Grindelia grandiflora

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Grindelia grandiflora

Grindelia grandiflora, the manyray gumweed, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the south-central United States and north-central Mexico, in the states of Texas and Coahuila.

Grindelia grandiflora grows in grasslands, scrublands, ditches, and roadsides, and along streambanks. It is an annual herb sometimes as much as 200 cm (80 inches or almost 7 feet) tall. The plant usually produces numerous flower heads in open, branching arrays. Each head has 17-26 ray flowers, surrounding a large number of tiny disc flowers.

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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
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Grindelia grandiflora
©Carlos G Velazco-Macias, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)