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Adenophyllum

dogweeds
Cooper dyssodia.jpg
Adenophyllum cooperi
Work of the US National Park Service
Adenophyllum cooperi 3.jpg
Adenophyllum cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Adenophyllum
Pers.
Synonyms
  • Dyssodia sect. Adenophyllum (Pers.) O.Hoffm.
  • Lebetina Cass.
  • Trichaetolepis Rydb.
  • Dyssodia Willd. 1809, illegitimate homonym not Cav. 1802
  • Willdenowa Cav.
  • Schlechtendalia Willd. 1803, rejected name, not Less. 1830

Adenophyllum is a small genus of plants in the marigold tribe within the sunflower family. It contains ten species known generally as dogweeds.

These are gangly, daisylike or thistlelike plants with yellow or reddish flowers. They are native primarily to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions.



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