Jensia rammii

Jensia rammii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Jensia
Species:
J. rammii
Binomial name
Jensia rammii
Synonyms[1]
  • Madia rammii Greene
  • Anisocarpus rammii (Greene) Greene

Jensia rammii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Ramm's madia. It is endemic to California, where it is limited to the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and its foothills.[2]

Jensia rammii is an annual herb with a hairy, glandular, branching stem up to 60 centimeters (2 feet) tall. The inflorescence produces flower heads on long peduncles. The head has 5-12 yellow ray florets up to a centimeter (0.4 inches) long with lobed tips. The 16–65 yellow disc florets at the center have black anthers. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long.[3][4]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Jensia rammii (Greene) B.G.Baldwin
  2. ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Jensia rammii (Greene) B.G. Baldw. Ramm's madia
  3. ^ Flora of North America, Jensia rammii (Greene) B. G. Baldwin, 1999.
  4. ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(3): 90–91 Madia rammii