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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Bahia |
| Species: | B. absinthifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Bahia absinthifolia
Benth. 1839
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Bahia absinthifolia, the hairyseed bahia or desert bahia, [2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico ( Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Durango, Aguascalientes) and the south-western United States ( Arizona New Mexico Texas; populations reported from Utah appear to be introductions). [3] [4] [5]
Bahia absinthifolia is a perennial up to 40 cm (16 inches) tall. It has yellow flowers with both ray florets and disc florets. It grows in sandy soil in desert regions. [6]
References
- ^ The Plant List Bahia absinthifolia Benth.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bahia absinthifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Tropicos, specimen list for Bahia absinthifolia Benth.
- ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
- ^ Flora of North America, Bahia absinthifolia Bentham, Pl. Hartw. 18. 1839.
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