Sphaeromeria
| Sphaeromeria | |
|---|---|
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| Sphaeromeria compacta, Nevada | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Anthemideae |
| Genus: | Sphaeromeria Nutt. |
| Type species | |
| Sphaeromeria capitata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sphaeromeria is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.
Sphaeromeria is native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico. Species are known generally as chickensages. The genus is closely related to Artemisia, and some authors merge the two genera into one.
- Species
- Sphaeromeria argentea - silver chickensage - CO ID MT WY NV
- Sphaeromeria cana - gray chickensage - OR CA NV
- Sphaeromeria capitata - rock tansy - MT WY CO UT
- Sphaeromeria compacta - compact chickensage - NV
- Sphaeromeria diversifolia - separateleaf chickensage - NV UT
- Sphaeromeria martirensis - Baja California
- Sphaeromeria potentilloides - fivefinger chickensage - CA NV OR ID
- Sphaeromeria ruthiae - Zion chickensage - UT
- Sphaeromeria simplex - Laramie chickensage - WY
References
- 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Deprecated link archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 401–402 entirely in English
- ↑ Flora of North America
- ↑ NRCS. "Sphaeromeria". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
- ↑ The Plant List search for Sphaeromeria
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, Artemisia Sphaeromeria treated as part of Artemisia
- ↑ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93
External links
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