Hypochaeris sessiliflora

Hypochaeris sessiliflora, the chikku chikku, is a South American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is a terrestrial herb of high Andean forest to high altitude páramo (2,500–4,500 m).[2]

Hypochaeris sessiliflora
Chikku chikku or cat's ear (Hypochaeris sessiliflora) on Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hypochaeris
Species:
H. sessiliflora
Binomial name
Hypochaeris sessiliflora
Kunth 1818
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Achyrophorus albiflorus Sch.Bip.
  • Achyrophorus barbatus Sch.Bip.
  • Achyrophorus humboldtii Sch.Bip.
  • Achyrophorus quitensis Sch.Bip.
  • Achyrophorus sessiliflorus (Kunth) DC.
  • Achyrophorus sonchoides (Kunth) DC.
  • Hypochaeris barbata (Sch.Bip.) Reiche
  • Hypochaeris sonchoides] Kunth
  • Hypochaeris stuebelii Hieron.
  • Oreophila sessiliflora (Kunth) D.Don
  • Scorzonera quitensis Humb. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Scorzonera sessilis] Humb. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Werneria glandulosa Kunth

Hypochaeris sessiliflora is a small plant rarely more than 13 cm tall. Flowers are usually yellow or white, rarely purple or orange. Each head contains about 25 ray flowers but no disc flowers.[3]

Distribution[2][3]

References
  1. The Plant List, Hypochaeris sessiliflora Kunth
  2. Chikku Chikku in Encyclopedia of Life
  3. Urtubey, E., T. F. Stuessy & K. Tremetsberger. 2009. Systematics of the South American Hypochaeris sessiliflora complex (Asteraceae, Cichorieae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 96(4): 685–714 includes descriptions, line drawings, and distribution maps of this and several related species


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