Centromadia fitchii

Centromadia fitchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centromadia
Species: C. fitchii
Binomial name
Centromadia fitchii
Synonyms[1]

Hemizonia fitchii A.Gray

Centromadia fitchii, common name Fitch's spikeweed[2] or Fitch's tarweed,[3] is a species of North American plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family. It is native to California and southwestern Oregon.[4][5]

Centromadia fitchii is an herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall. It produces arrays of numerous yellow flower heads with both ray florets and disc florets.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Centromadia fitchii (A.Gray) Greene
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ "Hemizonia fitchii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Centromadia fitchii (A.Gray) Greene, Spikeweed
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Spikeweed, Centromadia Greene
  7. ↑ Greene, Edward Lee 1894. Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay 197
  8. ↑ Gray, Asa 1857. Reports of explorations and surveys: to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, made under the direction of the Secretary of War 4: 109 as Hemizonia fitchii


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