Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush),[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902,[3] and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.[4][5]
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| Lorandersonia baileyi Doña Ana County, New Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lorandersonia |
| Species: | L. baileyi
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| Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
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Lorandersonia baileyi is a branching shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has many small yellow flower heads, each with about 5 disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Plant List, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chrysothamnus baileyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 181 as Chrysothamnus baileyi
- ^ Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution map, Lorandersonia baileyi
- ^ a b Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, Roberts, Roland P., & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian 2005. Sida 21(3): 1621-1622
- ^ Flora of North America, Bailey’s rabbitbrush, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standley) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig
External links
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