Florestina tripteris

Florestina tripteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Florestina
Species:	F. tripteris
Binomial name
	Florestina tripteris; DC. 1836
Synonyms[1]
	Palafoxia tripteris (DC.) Shinners;

Florestina tripteris, the sticky florestina,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is found in Mexico (from Chihuahua and Nuevo León as far south as Guerrero) and in the south-central United States (Texas).[3][4][5]

Florestina tripteris is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. One plant produces many flower heads in a branching array. Each head contains as many as 30 white disc flowers but no ray flowers. The species grows in open, sunlit locations.[6]

References

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[1] The Plant List, Florestina tripteris DC.

[2] "Florestina tripteris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

[3] Tropicos, Florestina tripteris DC.

[4] to of herbarium specimen collected n Nuevo León in 1990

[5] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[6] Flora of North America, Florestina tripteris de Candolle 1836