Glyptopleura

Glyptopleura
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. 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.

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