Roldana petasitis

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Roldana petasitis
velvet groundsel
velvet groundsel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
(unranked) Euasterids II
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Roldana
Species: R. petasitis
Binomial name
Roldana petasitis
(Sims) H.Rob. & Brettell
Synonyms

Senecio petasitis (Sims) DC.
Cineraria petasitis Sims
Source: NRCS,[1] GRIN[2]

Roldana petasitis also known as velvet groundsel is a species of the genus Roldana and family Asteraceae that used to be a Senecio.

[edit] Distribution

Native
Neotropic
Mexico Southwest: Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca
Mesoamerica: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

[edit] References

  1. ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). PLANTS Profile, Roldana petasitis (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.
  2. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2002-07-31). Taxon:Roldana petasitis (Sims) H. Rob. & Brettell (HTML). Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved on 2008-05-23.

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