Guardiola platyphylla explained

Guardiola platyphylla, the Apache plant, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is found in northwestern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora) and the southwestern United States (southern Arizona).^{[1] [2] [3]}

Guardiola platyphylla is a branching perennial herb or subshrub up to 100cm (00inches) tall. Leaves are opposite, thick and leathery, up to 7cm (03inches) long. One plant will produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array. Each head contains 1-5 white ray flowers surrounding 3-20 white disc flowers.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Sonora in 2011
• Andrew Hodgson, Andy Down Under, Trees, Shrubs & Ferns of the Sonoran Desert photos of several species including Guardiola platyphylla

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Guardiola%20platyphylla.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford
3. http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3742 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066821 Flora of North America, Guardiola platyphylla A. Gray 1853
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9050466#page/595/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 91.