Flaveria vaginata is a very rare Mexican plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in two locations in central Mexico, one in northwestern Oaxaca, the other in southwestern Puebla.[1]

Flaveria vaginata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. vaginata
Binomial name
Flaveria vaginata

Flaveria vaginata is distinguished from related species in the genus by its dense woolly pubescence on the upper leaves, and by the fact that the flower heads are concentrated into dense hemispherical clumps.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 621 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 610