Hymenoxys lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Lemmon's rubberweed, Lemmon's bitterweed, and alkali hymenoxys. It is native to the western United States in and around the Great Basin in Utah, Nevada, northern California, and southeastern Oregon.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Hymenoxys lemmonii is a biennial or perennial herb with one or more branching stems growing erect to a maximum height near 50 centimeters (20 inches). It produces straight, dark green leaves up to 9 centimeters (3.6 inches) long and divided into a number of narrow, pointed lobes. The foliage and stem may be hairless to quite woolly. The daisy-like flower head is generally at least 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) wide, with a center of 50–125 thick golden disc florets and a shaggy fringe of 9–12 golden ray florets.Flora of North America, Hymenoxys lemmonii (Greene) Cockerell, 1904. Lemmon’s rubberweed or bitterweed
The species is named for John Gill Lemmon, husband of prominent American botanist Sarah Plummer Lemmon.Greene, Edward Lee. 1898. Pittonia 3(18A): 272
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Hymenoxys lemmonii. The Jepson Manual, University of California 2013. United States Department of Agriculture plants profile CalPhotos photo gallery, University of California Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Utah in 1877