Helenium laciniatum
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| species = laciniatum
| authority = A.Gray 1874
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Helenium laciniatum is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is found in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100[http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=27446&taxauthid=1 SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Helenium laciniatum A.Gray] includes distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
Helenium laciniatum is a small perennial herb rarely more than {{convert|20|cm|in|round=0.5|abbr=on}} tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed or compound. One plant can produce several flower heads, each on its own long, thin flower stalk.Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5465539#page/211/mode/1up Gray, Asa 1874. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 203] in Latin
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- [http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=40276 Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected near Yaqui River in Sonora circa 1875, isotype of Helenium laciniatum]
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Category:Plants described in 1874
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