Herrickia kingii

Herrickia kingii is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, called the King's serpentweed[2] or King's aster. It has been found only in the State of Utah in the western United States.[3][4]

Herrickia kingii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Herrickia
Species:
H. kingii
Binomial name
Herrickia kingii
(D.C.Eaton) Brouillet, Urbatsch & R.P.Roberts 2004
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster kingii D.C. Eaton 1871
  • Machaeranthera kingii (D.C. Eaton) Cronquist & D.D. Keck
  • Tonestus kingii (D.C. Eaton) G.L. Nesom

Herrickia kingii is a small perennial herb rarely more than 12 centimeters (2.8 inches) tall from a woody underground caudex. The plant produces flower heads in groups of 1-5 heads. Each head contains 13-27 white or lavender ray florets surrounding 29–47 yellow disc florets.[5]

References
  1. The Plant List, Herrickia kingii (D.C. Eaton) Brouillet, Urbatsch & R.P. Roberts
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tonestus kingii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. Nesom, G. L. (2009). Taxonomic overview of Eurybia sect. Herrickia (Asteraceae: Astereae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(1): 161–167. includes distribution map on page 163, as Eurybia kingii
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Herrickia kingii
  5. Flora of North America, Herrickia kingii (D. C. Eaton) Brouillet, Urbatsch & R. P. Roberts, 2004. King’s aster
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