Amblyopappus

dwarf coastweed
Amblyopappus pusillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Amblyopappus
Species: A. pusillus
Binomial name
Amblyopappus pusillus
Hook. & Arn.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aromia Nutt.
  • Infantea J.Rémy
  • Amblyopappus pauciflorus Phil.
  • Aromia tenuifolia Nutt.

Amblyopappus is a genus in the daisy family described as a genus in 1841.[2][3][4]

There is only one known species Amblyopappus pusillus, known by the common name dwarf coastweed. This plant is native to Baja California in Mexico and the coast of southern California in the United States. It can also be found on the west coast of Chile and Peru in South America.[1][5][6][7]

Amblyopappus pusillus is an aromatic annual herb with an erect stem up to 40 centimeters in height. The stem turns dark red with age. It is covered in narrow fleshy leaves and each small branch of the stem is topped with an inflorescence of one to several rounded budlike yellow flowers. The bracts are green, often with reddish edges.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America Amblyopappus Hooker & Arnott
  3. ↑ Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker . 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3(22): 321-322 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Amblyopappus Hook. & Arn.
  5. ↑ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Amblyopappus pusillus Hook. & Arn. amblyopappus, dwarf coastweed, pineapple weed

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