Toiyabea granitica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Toiyabea |
Species: | T. granitica
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Binomial name | |
Toiyabea granitica (Tiehm & L.M. Shultz) G.L. Nesom
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Toiyabea granitica, common names granite serpentweed [3] and Lone Mountain serpentweed, is a rare endemic plant species known only from the east side of Lone Mountain in Esmeralda County, Nevada, about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Tonopah. [4] It grows there in the crevices of granitic outcrops. [5]
Toiyabea granitica is a perennial herb growing close to the ground and forming mats. Leaves are ovate to spatulate, irregularly toothed, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. Flower heads are born in racemose or corymbiform arrays. There are no ray flowers, but up to 23 yellow disc flowers. [6] [7] [8]
Toiyabea granitica | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Toiyabea |
Species: | T. granitica
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Binomial name | |
Toiyabea granitica (Tiehm & L.M. Shultz) G.L. Nesom
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Toiyabea granitica, common names granite serpentweed [3] and Lone Mountain serpentweed, is a rare endemic plant species known only from the east side of Lone Mountain in Esmeralda County, Nevada, about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Tonopah. [4] It grows there in the crevices of granitic outcrops. [5]
Toiyabea granitica is a perennial herb growing close to the ground and forming mats. Leaves are ovate to spatulate, irregularly toothed, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. Flower heads are born in racemose or corymbiform arrays. There are no ray flowers, but up to 23 yellow disc flowers. [6] [7] [8]