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Gymnarrhena micrantha

Gymnarrhena micrantha

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

annual plant in the daisy family; purple or green flowers grow in rosette formation above ground and a different type of flower grows underground

Habitat:

desert plains

Notes:

grazed by local goats and sheep

Reference Links:

Gymnarrhena micrantha, Gymnarrhena micrantha desf | BibAlex

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Comments (2)
Bernadette S
You can read a bit more about that here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2440059?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
SukanyaDatta
...a different type of flower grows underground??? How interesting!!!

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PublishedMay 3, 2014

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