Jefea brevifolia

Jefea brevifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Jefea
Species: J. brevifolia
Binomial name
Jefea brevifolia
(A.Gray) Strother 1991
Synonyms[1]
  • Zexmenia brevifolia A.Gray 1852

Jefea brevifolia, the shortleaf jefea,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northern Mexico, and the southwestern and south-central United States, in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Texas, and New Mexico[3][4]

Jefea brevifolia is a small branching shrub, woody at the base but producing long flower stalks. Each stalk has one flower head at the top, each head containing 3-20 ray flowers and 30-100 disc flowers.[5]

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