Balduina uniflora | |
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Two Balduina uniflora flower heads, and one immature flower head. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Balduina |
Species: | B. uniflora
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Binomial name | |
Balduina uniflora | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Balduina uniflora, commonly called oneflower honeycombhead,[2][3] savannah honeycombhead[4] or oneflower balduina,[5] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern United States (Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina).[6] It is the type species of the genus Balduina.[7]
Balduina uniflora is a perennial herb with branching stems. Each plant has 1-4 flower heads, each with 8-22 yellow ray florets and 50-180 orange or yellow disc florets. The species grows in wet pinelands[4] and savannahs,[8] as well as wetland areas and on the edges of bogs[7][2] and tends to occur in wet drainage ditches and on roadsides.[4]