Glyptopleura Explained

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

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]

Species^{[5] [6]}

• Glyptopleura marginata D.C.Eaton - California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho
• Glyptopleura setulosa A.Gray - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207656#page/266/mode/1up Eaton, Daniel Cady in Watson, Sereno. 1872. United States Geological Expolration [sic<nowiki>] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany plate XX (20), figures 11-18
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6207656#page/275/mode/1up Eaton, Daniel Cady in Watson, Sereno. 1872. United States Geological Expolration [sic<nowiki>] of the Fortieth Parallel. Vol. 5, Botany page 207] in English^[1]
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036683 Tropicos, Glyptopleura D.C. Eaton
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113774 Flora of North America FNA Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 361 Glyptopleura D. C. Eaton in S. Watson
5. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Glyptopleura Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Glyptopleura Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps