Lorandersonia baileyi (Bailey's rabbitbrush), is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It was initially discovered in the Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico in 1902,Wooton, Elmer Ottis & Standley, Paul Carpenter 1913. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 16(4): 181 as Chrysothamnus baileyi and has since been collected in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.Biota of North America program 2014 county distribution map, Lorandersonia baileyi

Lorandersonia baileyi is a branching shrub up to 70 cm (28 inches) tall. It has many small yellow flower heads, each with about 5 disc florets but no ray florets.Urbatsch, Lowell Edward, Roberts, Roland P., & Neubig, Kurt Maximilian 2005. Sida 21(3): 1621-1622Flora of North America, Bailey’s rabbitbrush, Lorandersonia baileyi (Wooton & Standley) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig

See also Vernon Orlando Bailey

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External links Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León