Kleinia grantii

Kleinia grantii (apparently no common name) is a member of the Asteraceae (aster) family, which one [web] document calls

“arguably the largest family of flowering plants, comprising about 1,100 genera and 20,000 species that are characterized by having the flowers reduced and organized into an involucrate pseudanthium in the form of a head or capitulum” — http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/aster.htm

Note. The Asteraceae family includes sunflowers and dandelions!

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Kleinia_grantii&rank=binomial

Photo taken at SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

A photo of the bloom on the left a few weeks ago: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Asteraceae_Kleinia_grantii_77457.html

Today’s date in the U.S. format: 11/12/13. :)

One year ago (“Six more days of red…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-12
Two years ago (“When you suck at flash photography…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-12