Grindelia nuda var. aphanactis (Curlytop gumweed)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 8 × 12″ (21 × 31 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 5 × 4½″ (13 × 11 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 10″ (16 × 25 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 25 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Grindelia	Named for David Hieronymus Grindel (1776-1836), a German pharmacologist, physician and professor of botany at Riga, Estonia
Species	nuda	Naked, bare
var.	aphanactis	From the Greek aphanes, “inconspicuous,” and actis, “a ray,” thus a head with small ray flowers