Calycoseris is a small genus of two species of annual desert wildflowers in the family Asteraceae, native to western North America in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are characterized by the tack-shaped gland hairs on their upper stems and bracts, the trait which gives them the common name tackstem. The two species of tackstem are the yellow tackstem, Calycoseris parryi and the white tackstem, Calycoseris wrightii.
^ ab The genus Calycoseris, along with the type (C. wrightii) was first described and published in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. Washington, DC 5(6): 104. 1853. "Plant Name Details for Genus Calycoseris". IPNI. Retrieved January 23, 2012. Type Name: C. wrightii A.Gray
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Jepson Manual Treatment of Calycoseris
USDA Plants Profile for Calycoseris
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calycoseris, small, genus, species, annual, desert, wildflowers, family, asteraceae, native, western, north, america, southwestern, united, states, northwestern, mexico, they, characterized, tack, shaped, gland, hairs, their, upper, stems, bracts, trait, which. Calycoseris is a small genus of two species of annual desert wildflowers in the family Asteraceae native to western North America in the southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico They are characterized by the tack shaped gland hairs on their upper stems and bracts the trait which gives them the common name tackstem The two species of tackstem are the yellow tackstem Calycoseris parryi and the white tackstem Calycoseris wrightii Calycoseris Calycoseris wrightii Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Asterales Family Asteraceae Subfamily Cichorioideae Tribe Cichorieae Subtribe Microseridinae Genus CalycoserisA Gray 1 Type species Calycoseris wrightiiA Gray 1 Species 2 see text Yellow tackstemReferences edit a b The genus Calycoseris along with the type C wrightii was first described and published in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge Washington DC 5 6 104 1853 Plant Name Details for Genus Calycoseris IPNI Retrieved January 23 2012 Type Name C wrightii A GrayExternal links editJepson Manual Treatment of Calycoseris USDA Plants Profile for Calycoseris nbsp This Cichorieae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Calycoseris amp oldid 1092650935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
