Hymenoxys robusta explained

Hymenoxys robusta is a South American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It has been found primarily in Bolivia with a few populations in nearby Peru and Argentina.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Hymenoxys robusta is a foul-smelling perennial with a branching root. Leaves remain attached to the stem after they die and turn black. Flower heads contain disc flowers but no ray flowers.^[5]

External links

• Photo of specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Cochabamba in 1893

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13019611#page/233/mode/1up Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: 197-224
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13019611#page/237/mode/1up Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plate 1
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13019611#page/238/mode/1up Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1962. South American Species of Hymenoxys (Compositae). Leaflets of Western Botany 9: Plates 2 + 4
4. Cabrera, A. L. 1978. Compositae. 10: 1–726. In A. L. Cabrera (ed.) Flora de la Provincia de Jujuy: Republica Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Buenos Aires
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31875937#page/236/mode/1up Rusby, Henry Hurd. 1893. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 3(3): 63