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Chaenactis lacera

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Chaenactis lacera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chaenactis
Species:
C. lacera
Binomial name
Chaenactis lacera

Chaenactis lacera is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the aster family. It grows on the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico, the States of Baja California (sometimes erroneously called Baja California Norte) and Baja California Sur.[1]

Chaenactis lacera is a branching annual sometimes exceeding 30 cm (12 inches) in height. Flower heads are numerous, with white disc florets but no ray florets.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Chaenactis lacera Greene
  2. ^ Greene, Edward Lee 1889. Pittonia 1(20): 291
  3. ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
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