For the heterotypic genus Bigelowia Raf. 1817, see Stellaria.
Bigelowia
Bigelowia nuttallii Black Warrior River, Blount County, Alabama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Astereae
Subtribe:
Gutiereziinae
Genus:
Bigelowia DC. 1836, not Raf. 1817
Synonyms[1]
Bigelovia spelling variation
Aciclinium Torr. & A.Gray
Chondrophora Raf. ex Porter & Britton
Chondrophora Raf.
Bigelowia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the United States.[2][3][4]
Bigelowia plants are subshrubs, often forming clumps. They have very small but numerous displays of small yellow flower heads with disc florets but no ray florets.[5][6][7]
Species[8]
Bigelowia nudata (Michx.) DC. – Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Georgia Florida South Carolina North Carolina
^Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 329–330
^Tropicos, Bigelowia DC.
^UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
^Flora of North America, Rayless-goldenrod, Bigelowia de Candolle
^Loran C. Anderson. Studies on Bigelowia (Astereae, Compositae). I. Morphology and Taxonomy. Sida. 1970. 3:45–465.
^Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
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