''Chrysactinia mexicana,'' common name Damianita daisy, is a
species of flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae, native to
Mexico and to the southwestern
United States. It has been found in
Texas,
New Mexico,
Aguascalientes
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Coahuila
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Durango
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Guanajuato
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Hidalgo,
México State
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Nuevo León
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Oaxaca,
Puebla
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Querétaro
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San Luis Potosí
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Zacatecas,
Tamaulipas, and
Veracruz.
''Chrysactinia mexicana'' is an evergreen subshrub up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. It is branched, usually with one
flower head per branch. Heads have bright yellow
ray flowers and yellow or orange
disc flowers. Achenes are distributed by the wind, much like those of the common dandelion (
Taraxacum officinale).
The species is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental because of its attractive flower heads and its aromatic properties.
Dave's Garden plant files, Damianita daisy ''Chrysactinia mexicana''
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References
External links
Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León
Tageteae
Flora of North America
Plants described in 1849
Taxa named by Asa Gray
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