Hymenoxys rusbyi

Hymenoxys rusbyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hymenoxys
Species:
H. rusbyi
Binomial name
Hymenoxys rusbyi
Synonyms[1]
  • Actinella rusbyi A.Gray 1883
  • Picradenia rusbyi (A.Gray) Greene

Hymenoxys rusbyi is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Rusby's rubberweed or Rusby's bitterweed. It has been found only in the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the southwestern United States.[2][3]

Hymenoxys rusbyi grows in open areas, generally at the edges of pine-oak forests at elevations of 1500–2500 meters (5000–8300 feet). It is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. One plant can produce sometimes as many as 250 flower heads in a branching, flat-topped array. Each head has 6–8 yellow ray flowers and 25–50 tiny yellow disc flowers.[4][5]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Hymenoxys rusbyi (A. Gray) Cockerell
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 distribution map
  3. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, distribution map, description
  4. ^ Flora of North America, Hymenoxys rusbyi (A. Gray) Cockerell, 1904. Rusby’s rubberweed or bitterweed
  5. ^ Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison 1904. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 31(9): 496-497