Chrysoma Explained

Chrysoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

More than 20 species names have been created in the genus, most of them now transferred to other genera (Ericameria, Solidago, Gundlachia). Only one remains, Chrysoma pauciflosculosa, native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina).^[4] Chrysoma pauciflosculosa is a branching, evergreen shrub up to 100cm (00inches) tall, with resin but no hairs. Flower heads are yellow, in dense, flat-topped arrays of many small heads, sometimes with no ray florets but sometimes with 2 or 3 ray florets, plus 2-5 disc florets.^[5]

External links

• Floridata Plant Encyclopedia
• Native Florida Wildflowers
• Carolina Nature
• Discover Life

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676713#page/89/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1834. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(1): 67–68
2. Web site: Details for: Astereae . 2009-07-18 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem . Botanical Garden in Berlin . Euro+Med PlantBase . .
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40008584 Tropicos, Chrysoma Nutt.
4. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Chrysoma%20pauciflosculosa.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
5. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=106996 Flora of North America, Chrysoma Nuttall