| Tidestromia | |
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| Tidestromia lanuginosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphrenoideae |
| Genus: | Tidestromia Standl. |
| Species | |
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6 or 7 | |
Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.
Species include:
- Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
- Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
- Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
- Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
- Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet
