Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Hymenopappus mexicanus Gray
(Mexican Woolywhite)


Family: Asteraceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Hymenopappus integer Greene
Rothia mexicana (Gray) Kuntze

Hymenopappus mexicanus is a tall perennial with a basal rosette of pinnatifid and entire leaves. The flowering stem is up to about a meter tall, and the yellow disc flowers are usually in small clusters.
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Hymenopappus mexicanus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, Aug. 12, 2008



Hymenopappus mexicanus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, Aug. 12, 2008



Hymenopappus mexicanus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, Aug. 12, 2008



Hymenopappus mexicanus, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Signal Peak turnoff, Aug. 12, 2008



Hymenopappus mexicanus, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Sheep Corral Canyon, July 11, 2009


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