Pityopsis
Encyclopedia
Pityopsis is a genus
of flowering plants in the daisy family
. Species of Pityopsis are known by the common names silkgrass and golden asters.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of flowering plants in the daisy family
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...
. Species of Pityopsis are known by the common names silkgrass and golden asters.
Species
Species include:- Pityopsis aspera – Pineland Silkgrass
- Pityopsis falcata – Sickleleaf Silkgrass
- Pityopsis flexuosa – Zigzag Silkgrass
- Pityopsis graminifolia – Narrowleaf Silkgrass
- Pityopsis oligantha – Grassleaf Goldaster
- Pityopsis pinifolia – Taylor County Goldaster
- Pityopsis ruthiiPityopsis ruthiiPityopsis ruthii is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Ruth's golden aster. It is endemic to the US state of Tennessee, where it is known only from Polk County. It is threatened by the modification of its habitat...
– Ruth's Golden Aster