Haroldia mendocina

Haroldia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1] It contains a single species, Haroldia mendocina.^[1]

Haroldia mendocina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Chiliotrichinae
Genus:	Haroldia Bonif.
Species:	H. mendocina
Binomial name
Haroldia mendocina (Cabrera) Bonif.

Its native range is north-western Argentina.^[1]

Both the genus and the species were circumscribed by José M. Bonifacino in Smithsonian Contr. Bot. vol.92 on page 50 in 2009.^[1]

The genus name of Haroldia is in honour of Harold Ernest Robinson (1932–2020), who was an American botanist and entomologist.^[2]