Euthamia leptocephala

Euthamia leptocephala (bushy goldentop[3] or Mississippi Valley goldentop) is a North American species of plants in the daisy family. It is native to the south-central United States, in the lower Mississippi Valley and the Coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico, from Texas to west-central Georgia and north as far as southern Illinois.

Euthamia leptocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Euthamia
Species:
E. leptocephala
Binomial name
Euthamia leptocephala
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster leptocephalus (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Solidago leptocephala Torr. & A.Gray
  • Euthamia chrysothamnoides Greene [2]

Description

Euthamia leptocephala is a perennial herb or subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Leaves are alternate, simple, long and narrow, up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) long. One plant can produce many small, yellow flower heads flat-topped arrays. Each head has 7-14 ray florets surrounding 3-6 disc florets.[4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Euthamia leptocephala (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton
  2. Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arkansas in 1882, type of Euthamia chrysothamnoides, annotated as Euthamia leptocephala
  3. "Euthamia leptocephala". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. Flora of North America, Euthamia leptocephala (Torrey & A. Gray) Greene ex Porter & Britton, 1894. Mississippi Valley goldentop


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