Glyptopleura

holy dandelion
Glyptopleura marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cichorieae[1]
Genus: Glyptopleura
D.C.Eaton
Type species
Glyptopleura marginata
D.C.Eaton

Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the dandelion family.[2][3][4] The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion, keysia, and crustleaf.

This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow.[5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Glyptopleura marginata D.C.Eaton - California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho
  2. Glyptopleura setulosa A.Gray - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona

References

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