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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Subtribe
  
Microseridinae

Higher classification
  
Daisy family

Order
  
Asterales

Tribe
  
Cichorieae

Scientific name
  
Stephanomeria

Rank
  
Genus

Stephanomeria hasbrouckasueduimglibseinetAsteraceaeIMG676

Similar
  
Daisy family, Stephanomeria exigua, Stephanomeria pauciflora, Malacothrix, Stephanomeria virgata

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

Stephanomeria Stephanomeria exigua Wikipedia

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

Stephanomeria Stephanomeria pauciflora Brownplume Wirelettuce Desert Straw
Annual Species
  1. Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - wreathplant - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgata
  2. Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32
  3. Stephanomeria exiguaNutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16
  4. Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas
  5. Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16
  6. Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua
  7. Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16
  8. Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16
Stephanomeria Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness Stephanomeria pauciflora
Perennial Species
  1. Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16
  2. Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16
  3. Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16
  4. Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - lettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16
  5. Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California
  6. Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32
  7. Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16
  8. Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16
  9. Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16
  10. Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16
Stephanomeria Stephanomeria pauciflora Brownplume Wirelettuce Desert Straw
formerly included

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella

Stephanomeria Stephanomeria cichoriacea Wildflowers in Santa Barbara

References

Stephanomeria Wikipedia
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