Baileya multiradiata

Common Name: Desert Marigold
Oˊodham Name: Gi:ko Audio
Group: Forbs － Desert, Desert Grassland

Description

Baileya multiradiata usually appears as a small tuft of wooly gray or gray-green leaves with a spray of tall wooly stems. Beginning in early Spring and occasionally during the monsoon, the stems are crowned by large yellow flowers. Grows in gravelly and sandy soils on hillsides, flats, and roadsides between 1500 and 4500 ft.

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Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta － Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida － Dicotyledons

Subclass Asteridae

Order Asterales

Family Asteraceae － Aster family

Genus Baileya Harv. & A. Gray ex A. Gray － desert marigold

Species Baileya multiradiata Harv. & A. Gray ex A. Gray － desert marigold

More Information

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