Flaveria floridana

Flaveria floridana, the Florida yellowtops,[2] is a North American plant species of Flaveria within the family Asteraceae. It has been found only along the Gulf Coast of Florida between Clearwater and Marco Island, mostly in the Tampa Bay region.[3][4]

Flaveria floridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Flaveria
Species:
F. floridana
Binomial name
Flaveria floridana
J.R.Johnst. 1903
Synonyms[1]

Flaveria pinetorum S.F.Blake

Flaveria floridana is an perennial herb up to 120 cm (3.9 ft) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long. One plant can sometimes produce as many as 100 flower heads in a tightly packed array. Each head contains 9-14 yellow disc flowers. Sometimes it produces a single yellow ray flower as well.[2][4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Flaveria floridana J.R.Johnst.
  2. Flora of North America, Flaveria floridana J. R. Johnston, 1903. Florida yellowtops
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Powell, Albert Michael. 1979. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 65(2): 613-616 description and commentary in English, distribution map on page 616


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