Toiyabea granitica
Species of plant
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Toiyabea granitica, common names granite serpentweed[2] and Lone Mountain serpentweed, is a rare endemic plant species known only from the east side of Lone Mountain in Esmeralda County, Nevada, about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Tonopah.[3] It grows there in the crevices of granitic outcrops.[4]
| Toiyabea granitica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Toiyabea |
| Species: | T. granitica |
| Binomial name | |
| Toiyabea granitica (Tiehm & L.M. Shultz) G.L. Nesom | |
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Toiyabea granitica is a perennial herb growing close to the ground and forming mats. Leaves are ovate to spatulate, irregularly toothed, up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) long. Flower heads are born in racemose or corymbiform arrays. There are no ray flowers, but up to 23 yellow disc flowers.[5][6][7]