''Smallanthus uvedalia'', known as hairy leafcup, bear's foot, and yellow flower leafcup, is a
herbaceous perennial native to the Central and Eastern United States. It is a member of the family
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
.
Description
Hairy leafcup is tall. The stem is stout and generally smooth below the
inflorescence
In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...
branches. The opposite leaves form a small cup around the stem, hence the name leafcup. Each head has 7 to 13 yellow, long
ray flowers to the outside, and 40-80 or so yellow tube-like disc flowers to the inside. A single large plant may produce one hundred or so heads. The entire plant has a resinous odor.
The species was formerly named ''Polymnia uvedalia'' (Linnaeus) Linnaeus.
References
External links
US Wildflower - Hairy Leafcup, Bear's Foot, Yellow Leafcup, Uvedalia - Smallanthus uvedalius
uvedalia
''Uvedalia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Phrymaceae, native to Australia. It was resurrected from ''Mimulus
Mimulus , also known as monkeyflowers, is a plant genus in the family (biology), family Phrymaceae, which was tradit ...
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