Layia

Layia
tidy tips
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Madieae[1]
Genus: Layia
Hook. & Arn. ex DC. 1838, conserved name, not Hook. & Arn. 183 (syn of Ormosia in Fabaceae)[2][3]
Synonyms[1]

Layia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family known generally as tidy tips, native to western North America. Several are California endemics.[4][5]

These are erect daisylike annual herbs with dark glandular stems. The flower heads usually contain white or yellow ray florets; some species have yellow florets tipped sharply in white which give the flowers their common name. The genus is named for naturalist George Tradescant Lay, who was one of the discoverers of Layia gaillardioides.[6]

Species[1][7]
  1. Layia calliglossa - CA
  2. Layia carnosa - beach tidytips - CA
  3. Layia chrysanthemoides - smooth tidytips - CA
  4. Layia discoidea - rayless tidytips - CA
  5. Layia douglasii - OR WA
  6. Layia elegans - CA
  7. Layia fremontii - Frémont's tidytips - CA
  8. Layia gaillardioides - woodland tidytips - CA
  9. Layia glandulosa - white daisy tidytips - CA AZ NM NV UT ID OR WA , Baja California[8]
  10. Layia heterotricha - pale yellow tidytips - CA
  11. Layia hieracioides - tall tidytips - CA
  12. Layia hispida - CA
  13. Layia jonesii - Jones' tidytips - CA
  14. Layia leucopappa - Comanche Point tidytips - CA
  15. Layia munzii - Munz' tidytips - CA
  16. Layia nemorosa - CA
  17. Layia pentachaeta - Sierra tidytips - CA
  18. Layia platyglossa - common tidytips - CA AZ UT
  19. Layia septentrionalis - Colusa tidytips - CA

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Layia.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 13, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.