''Hymenoxys brachyactis'' is a species of flowering plant in the
daisy family
Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fam ...
known by the common names east view rubberweed and tall bitterweed. It is native to the state of
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
in the southwestern United States.
''Hymenoxys brachyactis'' grows at elevations of in open areas or the edges of pine forests. It is a biennial or perennial herb up to tall. One plant can produce an array with as many as 250 small yellow flower heads, each head with 8-9 ray flowers and 25–60 disc flowers.
[Flora of North America, ''Hymenoxys brachyactis'' Wooton & Standley, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 192. 1913. East view rubberweed, tall bitterweed ]
/ref>Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 192
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References
brachyactis
Flora of New Mexico
Plants described in 1913
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