Geraea
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Geraea is a genus of the Asteraceae
from southwestern North America, comprising two species, the annual
Geraea canescens
and the geophyte Geraea viscida
.
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
from southwestern North America, comprising two species, the annual
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
Geraea canescens
Geraea canescens
For other uses, see Desert Sunflower .Geraea canescens is also known as the desert sunflower, hairy desert sunflower, or desert gold. It is a dicot and annual of the Aster family...
and the geophyte Geraea viscida
Geraea viscida
Geraea viscida is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name sticky geraea, or sticky desertsunflower. It is native to southern California, mainly the chaparral hills of eastern San Diego County, and northern Baja California...
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