Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion or holly dandelion, keysia or keyesia, and crustleaf.

Glyptopleura
Glyptopleura marginata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Cichorioideae
Tribe: Cichorieae
Subtribe: Microseridinae
Genus: Glyptopleura
D.C.Eaton
Type species
Glyptopleura marginata

This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow.[4]

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