Flaveria campestris, common name alkali yellowtops,[2] is a plant species native to the southwestern United States and to the southern Great Plains (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma).[3] It is found on saline soils and on the margins of lakes, ponds and streams.[2]

Flaveria campestris

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. campestris
Binomial name
Flaveria campestris
Synonyms[1]
  • Flaveria angustifolia A.Gray 1849 not (Cav.) Pers. 1807
  • Flaveria integrifolia Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Flaveria radicans Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

Flaveria campestris is an annal herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces a tightly packed corymb of up to 100 small flower heads. Flowers are yellow, sometimes lacking ray flowers, other times with only a single ray flower per head. Each head has 5-8 disc flowers.[2][4][5]

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