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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Hymenopappus
Species:	H. flavescens
Binomial name
*Hymenopappus flavescens* A.Gray 1849
Synonyms
Rothia flavescens (A.Gray) Kuntze Hymenopappus robustus Greene

Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.

Distribution

It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua).

Description

Hymenopappus flavescens is a biennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. It produces 15-100 flower heads per stem, each head with 20–40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.

Varieties

Named varieties include:

Hymenopappus flavescens var. canotomentosus A.Gray New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua
Hymenopappus flavescens var. flavescens - Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

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