Euthamia leptocephala

Euthamia leptocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Euthamia
Species: E. leptocephala
Binomial name
Euthamia leptocephala
(Torr. & A.Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster leptocephalus (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A.Gray
  • Euthamia chrysothamnoides Greene [2]

Euthamia leptocephala (bushy goldentop[3] or Mississippi Valley goldentop) is a North American species of plants in the daisy family. It is native to the south-central United States, in the lower Mississippi Valley and the Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas to west-central Georgia and north as far as southern Illinois.

Description

Euthamia leptocephala is a perennial herb or subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are alternate, simple, long and narrow, up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long. One plant can produce many small, yellow flower heads flat-topped arrays. Each head has 7-14 ray florets surrounding 3-6 disc florets.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Euthamia leptocephala (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
  2. ↑ Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arkansas in 1882, type of Euthamia chrysothamnoides, annotated as Euthamia leptocephala
  3. ↑ "Euthamia leptocephala". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Euthamia leptocephala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton, 1894. Mississippi Valley goldentop


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