Garberia

Garberia

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Garberia
A.Gray
Species:
G. heterophylla
Binomial name
Garberia heterophylla
Synonyms[2]

Cacalia heterophylla
Garberia fruticosa
Leptoclinium fruticosum
Liatris fruticosa

Garberia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, containing the single species Garberia heterophylla.[3] It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is distributed in the northern and central counties.[2][1] The plant is known commonly as garberia and Garber's scrub starts.[2][1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b c Garberia heterophylla. NatureServe 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Wunderlin, R. P. and B. F. Hansen. 2008. Garberia heterophylla. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
  3. ^ Garberia. Flora of North America.
  4. ^ Hammer, Roger L. (2016). Central Florida Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Lake Wales Ridge, Ocala National Forest, Disney Wilderness Preserve, and More than 60 State Parks and Preserves. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 44. ISBN 9781493022168.
  5. ^ "Garberia". Garberia heterophylla. Florida Native Plant Society. Retrieved 2018-10-15.