Lorandersonia baileyi

Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush),[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902,[3] and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.[4][5]

Lorandersonia baileyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Lorandersonia
Species:
L. baileyi
Binomial name
Lorandersonia baileyi
(Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P. Roberts & Neubig
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysothamnus baileyi Wooton & Standl.
  • Chrysothamnus pulchellus subsp. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Chrysothamnus pulchellus var. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) S.F.Blake
  • Ericameria pulchella subsp. baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) L.C.Anderson

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.[5][6][6]

See also

References
  1. The Plant List, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standl.) Urbatsch, R.P.Roberts & Neubig
  2. "Chrysothamnus baileyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  3. Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 181 as Chrysothamnus baileyi
  4. Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution map, Lorandersonia baileyi
  5. Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, Roberts, Roland P., & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian 2005. Sida 21(3): 1621-1622
  6. Flora of North America, Bailey’s rabbitbrush, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standley) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig


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