Guardiola diehlii

Guardiola diehlii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Guardiola
Species: G. diehlii
Binomial name
Guardiola diehlii

Guardiola diehlii is a very rare (quite possibly extinct) North American species of plants in the sunflower family, found only in the state of New Mexico in the southwestern United States.[2]

Guardiola diehlii is (was) an annual herb up to 30 cm (1 ft) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 5 cm (2 in) long. One plant will produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head contains only one white ray flower and 4 disc flowers.[2]

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