Heliomeris
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Heliomeris is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family
known generally as false goldeneyes. These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads
. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts. They are native to western North America, and some species extend into northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is disjunct and endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca
Species include:
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
known generally as false goldeneyes. These are annual and perennial herbs producing sunflower-like radiate flower heads
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
. They are distinguished from related genera by the achenes, which are glabrous and lack a pappus, and by the involucre, which consists of only 2 series of bracts. They are native to western North America, and some species extend into northern Mexico. One species, H. obscura, is disjunct and endemic to a remote area on the border between the Mexican states of Puebla and Oaxaca
Species include:
- Heliomeris hispida - rough false goldeneye, hairy goldeneye
- Heliomeris longifolia - longleaf false goldeneye
- Heliomeris multiflora - showy goldeneye
- Heliomeris obscura - no common name
- Heliomeris soliceps - tropical false goldeneye, paria sunflower