Chrysopsis godfreyi
| Chrysopsis godfreyi | |
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| At Grayton Beach State Park, Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chrysopsis |
| Species: | C. godfreyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysopsis godfreyi | |
Chrysopsis godfreyi, or Godfrey's goldenaster,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of Florida and Alabama in the southeastern United States.[2]
Chrysopsis godfreyi is an herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, with a large taproot and most of its leaves in a rosette close to the ground. It produces numerous yellow flower heads in large arrays, each head having both ray florets and disc florets. The species grows on sand dunes and other sandy areas along the Gulf Coast in southern Alabama and in the Florida Panhandle.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Chrysopsis godfreyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Chrysopsis godfreyi Semple
- ^ Semple, John Cameron 1978. Canadian Journal of Botany 56(17): 2092–2096
