Deinandra kelloggii

Deinandra kelloggii, Kellogg's spikeweed[3] or Kellogg's tarweed,[4] is a North American species of plants in the tarweed tribe within the (sunflower family). It is native to Baja California, southern and central California (from Sonoma and Calaveras Counties south to San Diego County), and Arizona (Pima County).[5][6][7][8]

Deinandra kelloggii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Deinandra
Species:
D. kellogii
Binomial name
Deinandra kelloggii
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Deinandra kellogii Greene
  • Deinandra wrightii (A.Gray) Greene
  • Hemizonia kellogii Greene
  • Hemizonia kelloggii Greene

Deinandra kelloggii is an annual herb, sometimes growing to a height of 150 cm (5 feet). The plant produces numerous flower heads, each with 5 yellow ray florets and 6 disc florets with yellow corollas but with yellow, red, brown, or maroon anthers.[9][10]

References
  1. Tropicos, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene
  2. The Plant List, Deinandra kellogii Greene
  3. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Hemizonia kelloggii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. Biota of North America 2014 county distribution map
  6. Calflora taxon report, University of California, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene
  7. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
  8. Tropicos, specimen listing for Hemizonia kelloggii Greene
  9. Flora of North America, Deinandra kelloggii (Greene) Greene, Fl. Francisc. 4: 424. 1897.
  10. Greene, Edward Lee 1883. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 10(4): 41–42 as Hemizonia kelloggii
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