Thimbleheads | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Bahieae |
Genus: |
Hymenothrix Gray |
Synonyms | |
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Hymenothrix is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family known as thimbleheads. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
These are spindly, erect annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with white or yellow flowers.
Hymenothrix purpurea Brandegee - Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb.