Stephanomeria occultata

Stephanomeria occultata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Stephanomeria
Species:	S. occultata
Binomial name
	Stephanomeria occultata; Wellard & J.W.Baker

Stephanomeria occultata is a species of rhizomatous flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to northern Utah.^[1]

Origin of its name

Stephanomeria occultata was discovered in a parking lot for launching rafts into the river in 2018. Occultata means hidden in Latin. It showed in a Google street view image in 2015, 3 years before its discovery before someone came along and decided to key it. When they realized that it didn't match any species listed, they suspected a new species and that is how Stephanomeria occultata was discovered.

References

^ Wellard, Blake; Baker, Jason (21 June 2018). "Stephanomeria occultata (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), a New Species of Wirelettuce from Northern Utah, and a Key to all Perennial Wirelettuce". Systematic Botany. 43 (2): 595–601. doi:10.1600/036364418x697328. S2CID 89662681. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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[1] Wellard, Blake; Baker, Jason (21 June 2018). "Stephanomeria occultata (Asteraceae: Cichorieae), a New Species of Wirelettuce from Northern Utah, and a Key to all Perennial Wirelettuce". Systematic Botany. 43 (2): 595–601. doi:10.1600/036364418x697328. S2CID 89662681. Retrieved 3 July 2018.

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