Clappia suaedifolia

Clappia suaedifolia is the sole species in the North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, Clappia.[3][4]

Clappia suaedifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Tageteae
Subtribe: Pectidinae
Genus: Clappia
A.Gray
Species:
C. suaedifolia
Binomial name
Clappia suaedifolia
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Stanfieldia Small
  • Haplopappus nealleyi J.M.Coult.
  • Stanfieldia nealleyi (J.M.Coult.) Small

Clappia suaedifolia is native to Texas and Tamaulipas. It is a succulent, branching shrub or subshrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall. Flower heads are yellow, appearing one at a time, with both ray florets and disc florets.[5][6][7]

The genus is named for Dr. Asahel Clapp, of New Albany, Indiana.[3]

Annotations on the type specimen of Haplopappus nealleyi in the US National Herbarium,[8] on which the genus Stanfieldia and sole species Stanfieldia nealleyi were also based,[9] suggest that these later names may be synonyms of Clappia suaedifolia.

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