Gaillardia henricksonii

Gaillardia henricksonii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northwestern Mexico, found only in the State of Coahuila.[1]

Gaillardia henricksonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gaillardia
Species:
G. henricksonii
Binomial name
Gaillardia henricksonii

Gaillardia henricksonii grows in soil derived from gypsum. It is an perennial herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall, with a large taproot and leaves on the stem rather than clumped at the base. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long, covered with woolly hairs. Each flower head is about 1.5 cm (0.59 in) wide. Each head has 8 salmon-colored ray flowers surrounding 60-80 reddish or brownish disc flowers.[2]

It is named for American botanist James Solberg Henrickson. It was first published in Wrightia 5(8): 305–307, f. 41. 1976.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100.
  2. ^ Turner, Billie Lee. 1976. Wrightia 5(8): 305–307 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English; full page of line drawings on page 307
  3. ^ "Tropicos". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-10-11.