Hymenopappus flavescens
Hymenopappus flavescens, the collegeflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.
Distribution and habitat
It grows in the southwestern and south-central United States and northern Mexico. It grows in sandy soils.Description
Hymenopappus flavescens is a biennial herb up to 90 cm tall. It produces 15-100 flower heads per stem, each head with 20–40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.Varieties
Named varieties include:- Hymenopappus flavescens var. canotomentosus A.Gray New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua
- Hymenopappus flavescens var. flavescens - Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas