Bigelowia | |
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Bigelowia nuttallii Black Warrior River, Blount County, Alabama | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Astereae |
Subtribe: | Gutiereziinae |
Genus: | Bigelowia DC. 1836, not Raf. 1817 |
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Bigelowia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the United States.[2][3][4]
Bigelowia plants are subshrubs, often forming clumps. They have very small but numerous displays of small yellow flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6][7]