Bigelowia Explained

Bigelowia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the United States.^{[1] [2]}

Bigelowia plants are subshrubs, often forming clumps. They have very small but numerous displays of small yellow flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Species^[6]

• • Bigelowia nudata (Michx.) DC. – Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina Bigelowia nuttallii L.C.Anderson – Texas Louisiana Alabama Georgia Florida

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151764#page/334/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 329–330
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027361 Tropicos, Bigelowia DC.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=103929 Flora of North America, Rayless-goldenrod, Bigelowia de Candolle
4. Loran C. Anderson. Studies on Bigelowia (Astereae, Compositae). I. Morphology and Taxonomy. Sida. 1970. 3:45–465.
5. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Bigelowia Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
6. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Bigelowia The Plant List search for Bigelowia