Alpine Sunflower

Hymenoxys grandiflora

"Hymenoxys grandiflora" is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names graylocks four-nerve daisy, graylocks rubberweed, or old man of the mountain. It is native to high elevations in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States.
Alpine Sunflower Culebra Range, Colorado.  Below Teddy's Peak Hymenoxys grandiflora

Appearance

"H. grandiflora" is a perennial herb up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are 7.5–10 cm long. The plant generally produces one flower head per stem, up to 10 per plant, present between June and August. Each head has 15–44 ray flowers and 150–400 disc flowers. The seeds are five-sided with narrow scales at the tip.

The species has the largest flowers of any in its genus, hence the specific epithet "grandiflora".

Distribution

The plant is native to high elevations in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

Habitat

It can be found on rocky slopes, meadows, and tundra environments.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusHymenoxys
SpeciesH. grandiflora