Coreopsis petrophila

Species of flowering plant

Coreopsis petrophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Coreopsis
Species:
C. petrophila
Binomial name
Coreopsis petrophila
A.Gray & S.Wats.

Coreopsis petrophila is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the States of Jalisco, Durango, Nayarit, and Guerrero in western Mexico.[1][2]

Coreopsis petrophila is a branching subshrub, growing largely on rocky slopes. Leaves are pinnately lobed with narrow lobes. Each major branch has a group of small yellow flower heads, each with both ray florets and disc florets.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gray, Asa & Sereno Watson. 1887. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 22(2): 428–429 description in Latin, commentary in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, specimen listing for Coreopsis petrophila A. Gray & S. Watson

External links

  • photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Jalisco in 1886, isotype of Coreopsis petrophila
Taxon identifiers
Coreopsis petrophila


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