Flaveria campestris explained

Flaveria campestris, common name alkali yellowtops, 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).^[1] It is found on saline soils and on the margins of lakes, ponds and streams.^[2]

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] [3] [4]}

External links

• SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Flaveria%20campestris.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416556 Flora of North America, Flaveria campestris J. R. Johnston, 1903. Alkali yellowtops .
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3102283#page/313/mode/1up Johnston, John Robert. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 39(11): 287. 1903.
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28003104#page/635/mode/1up Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 626-628