Deinandra kelloggii

Deinandra kelloggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Deinandra
Species: D. kellogii
Binomial name
Deinandra kelloggii
(Greene) Greene
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Deinandra kellogii Greene
  • Deinandra wrightii (A.Gray) Greene
  • Hemizonia kellogii Greene
  • Hemizonia kelloggii Greene

Deinandra kelloggii, Kellogg's spikeweed[3] or Kellogg's tarweed,[4] is a North American species of plants in the tarweed tribe within the (sunflower family). It is native to Baja California, southern and central California (from Sonoma and Calaveras Counties south to San Diego County), and Arizona (Pima County).[5][6][7][8]

Deinandra kelloggii is an annual herb, sometimes growing to a height of 150 cm (5 feet). The plant produces numerous flower heads, each with 5 yellow ray florets and 6 disc florets with yellow corollas but with yellow, red, brown, or maroon anthers.[9][10]

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