Egletes viscosa

Egletes viscosa (erect tropical daisy)[3] is a New World species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies, just barely crossing the US border into the southernmost county in Texas (Cameron County).[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Egletes viscosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Egletes
Species:
E. viscosa
Binomial name
Egletes viscosa
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cotula viscosa L.
  • Egletes viscosa var. dissecta Shinners
  • Egletes viscosa var. sprucei Baker
  • Platystephium graveolens Gardner
  • Grangea domingensis var. viscosa (L.) M. Gómez

Egletes viscosa is an annual, aromatic herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall, covered with glandular and non-glandular hairs. One plant can produce several flower heads, each with white or pale blue ray florets and yellow disc florets.[11]

References
  1. The Plant List, Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.
  2. Tropicos, Egletes viscosa (L.) Less.
  3. "Egletes viscosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  4. Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
  5. Moraes R., M. 1990. Lista preliminar de especies botánicas coleccionadas durante la Expedición Río Madre de Dios (Norte de Bolivia). Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Bolivia) Comunicación 10: 32–52.
  6. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  7. Dodson, C.H., A.H. Gentry & F.M. Valverde Badillo. 1985. La Flora de Jauneche: Los Ríos, Ecuador 1–512. Banco Central del Ecuador, Quito
  8. Martínez Salas, E. M., M. Sousa Sánchez & C. H. Ramos Álvarez. 2001. Región de Calakmul, Campeche. Listados Florísticos de México 22: 1–55
  9. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  10. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  11. Flora of North America, Tropical daisy, Egletes viscosa (Linnaeus) Lessing


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