Tetraneuris torreyana facts for kids
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T. torreyana
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| Tetraneuris torreyana (Nutt.) Greene 1898
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Actinella torreyana Nutt. 1841
Actinea torreyana (Nutt.) J.F. Macbr. Hymenoxys torreyana (Nutt.) K.F. Parker Actinea depressa Kuntze Actinella depressa Harv. & Gray ex Gray Hymenoxys depressa (Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray) S.L.Welsh & Reveal Hymenoxys lapidicola S.L.Welsh & Neese Tetraneuris depressa (Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray) Greene |
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Tetraneuris torreyana is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name Torrey's four-nerve daisy. It grows in the western United States, in extreme southern Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Tetraneuris torreyana is a perennial herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 40 unbranched, above-ground stems. One plant can produce as many as 40 flower heads. Each head has 7–14 yellow ray flowers surrounding 25-150 yellow disc flowers.
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