''Hazardia vernicosa'' is a Mexican species of
shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
in the family
Asteraceae
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. It has been found only in the state of
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
in northwestern Mexico, specifically near
El Rosario
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Places
Africa
* Lake Tana, a ...
. It has not been found in the United States although one of the Mexican populations is less than 10 km ( miles) south of the international border.
''Hazardia vernicosa'' is a branching subshrub up to tall with several stems arising from a woody underground caudex. The plant produces numerous
flower heads
A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...
each head with 3-5 yellow disc flowers plus 3-5 ray flowers.
Brandegee, Townshend Stith. 1889. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 2: 168-169
as ''Aplopappus vernicosus''
References
External links
vernicosa
Flora of Baja California
Endemic flora of Mexico
Plants described in 1889
Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee
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