Glyptopleura | |
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Glyptopleura marginata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
Tribe: | Cichorieae |
Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
Genus: | Glyptopleura D.C.Eaton |
Type species | |
Glyptopleura marginata |
Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion or holly dandelion, keysia or keyesia, and crustleaf.
This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow.[4]