Tetraneuris turneri

Tetraneuris turneri is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name Turner's four-nerve daisy.[2] It has been found in the US state of Texas and in the nearby Mexican state of Coahuila.[3][4]

Tetraneuris turneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Tetraneuris
Species:
T. turneri
Binomial name
Tetraneuris turneri
(K.F.Parker) K.F.Parker 1980
Synonyms[1]
  • Hymenoxys turneri K.F.Parker 1970

Tetraneuris turneri is a perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 20 unbranched, above-ground stems, sometimes some of them leaning against other vegetation. The plant generally produces one flower head per stem. Each head has 12–24 yellow ray flowers surrounding 100–250 yellow disc flowers[5][6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Tetraneuris turneri (K.F.Parker) K.F.Parker
  2. "Tetraneuris turneri". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  5. Flora of North America, Tetraneuris turneri (K. F. Parker) K. F. Parker, 1980.
  6. Kittie Lucille Fenley Parker. 1970. Phytologia 20(3): 192


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