Lorandersonia baileyi explained

Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush), is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902,^[1] and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.^[2]

Lorandersonia baileyi is a branching shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has many small yellow flower heads, each with about 5 disc florets but no ray florets.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Vernon Orlando Bailey

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/372027#page/244/mode/1up Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 181
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lorandersonia%20baileyi.png Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution map, Lorandersonia baileyi
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9311863#page/1653/mode/1up Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, Roberts, Roland P., & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian 2005. Sida 21(3): 1621-1622
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067123 Flora of North America, Bailey’s rabbitbrush, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standley) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig