Hypochaeris sessiliflora
| Chikku Chikku (Hypochaeris sessiliflora) | |
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| Chikku Chikku or Cat's ear (Hypochaeris sessiliflora) on Cotopaxi, Ecuador | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Hypochaeris |
| Species: | H. sessiliflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth 1818 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synonymy
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Chikku Chikku (Hypochaeris sessiliflora) is a South American species of plants in the daisy family. It is a terrestrial herb of high Andean forest to high altitude páramo (2,500–4,500 m).[2]
Hypochaeris sessiliflora is a small plant rarely more than 13 cm tall. Flowers are usually yellow or white, rarely purple or orange. Each head contains about 25 ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]
- Colombia (South America)
- Ecuador (South America)
- Peru (South America)
- Venezuela (South America)
- Bolivia (South America)
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth
- 1 2 Chikku Chikku in Encyclopedia of Life
- 1 2 Urtubey, E., T. F. Stuessy & K. Tremetsberger. 2009. Systematics of the South American Hypochaeris sessiliflora complex (Asteraceae, Cichorieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(4): 685–714 includes descriptions, line drawings, and distribution maps of this and several related species
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