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Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Laphamia
            Species: quinqueflora

Five-Flower Rockdaisy - Laphamia quinqueflora

Five-Flower Rockdaisy

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Tufted perennial from a woody base; stems to 30 cm tall; leaves opposite in lower portion, becoming alternate above, the blades 15-25 mm long, 8-20mm wide, thickened and leathery, broadly triangular to kidney-shaped, somewhat toothed to very shallowly lobed on the margins; flower heads cylindrical, in open clusters, rayless, 7-9 mm high; involucral bracts five or six, appearing as a single series; disk florets yellow, 5-6(8); pappus of 25-30 unequal bristles at the summit of the flattened achene. Flowers April to October.

Status

Global Rank: G4

State Rank: S3

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 14

Number of Mapped Locations: 57

Number of Observations: 63

Observation date range: 01-01-1900 to 05-09-2013

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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