Asanthus squamulosus

Asanthus squamulosus is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí), and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico).[3] Common name is Mule Mountain false brickellbush.[4][5]

Asanthus squamulosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Asanthus
Species:
A. squamulosus
Binomial name
Asanthus squamulosus
(A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Baccharis squamulosa (A.Gray) M.E.Jones, name not validly published
  • Brickellia squamulosa A.Gray
  • Coleosanthus squamulosus (A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Steviopsis squamulosa (A.Gray) B.L.Turner

Asanthus squamulosus is a branching shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Flower heads have whitish disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in flats, creekbanks, and gravelly areas, often in pine-oak woodlands.[4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Asanthus squamulosus (A.Gray) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. Tropicos, Steviopsis squamulosa (A. Gray) B.L. Turner
  3. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) LXXIX: a new genus, Asanthus. Phytologia 24(2):65- 66
  4. Flora of North America, Mule Mountain false brickellbush, Asanthus squamulosus (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson
  5. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.


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