Centromadia parryi

Centromadia parryi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Centromadia
Species:
C. parryi
Binomial name
Centromadia parryi
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemizonia parryi Greene
  • Hemizonia australis (D.D.Keck) D.D.Keck, syn of subsp. australis
  • Centromadia congdonii (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) C.P.Sm., syn of subsp. congdonii
  • Hemizonia congdonii B.L.Rob. & Greenm., syn of subsp. congdonii
  • Centromadia rudis Greene, syn of subsp. rudis

Centromadia parryi, the pappose tarweed,[2] is a species of plant in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It is found in North America where it is native to California and, northern Baja California.[3][4]

Centromadia parryi is an herb up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It produces arrays of numerous yellow flower heads with both ray florets and disc florets.[5][6][7]

Subspecies[1][5][4]
  1. ^ a b The Plant List, Centromadia parryi (Greene) Greene
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Centromadia parryi​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ a b Calflora taxon report, University of California, Centromadia parryi (Greene) Greene, pappose tarweed
  5. ^ a b Flora of North America, Spikeweed, Centromadia Greene
  6. ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1894. Manual of the Botany of the Region of San Francisco Bay 197
  7. ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1882. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 9(2): 16 as Hemizonia parryi