Sphaeromeria
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Sphaeromeria is a genus
of flowering plants in the daisy family
. There are about nine species native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Species are known generally as chickensages.
Species include:
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...
. There are about nine species native to the western United States and northern Mexico. Species are known generally as chickensages.
Species include:
- Sphaeromeria argentea - silver chickensage
- Sphaeromeria canaSphaeromeria canaSphaeromeria cana is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name gray chickensage. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from the Sierra Nevada, the adjacent desert ranges of eastern California and Nevada, and Steens Mountain of Oregon...
- gray chickensage - Sphaeromeria capitata - rock tansy
- Sphaeromeria compacta - compact chickensage
- Sphaeromeria diversifolia - separateleaf chickensage
- Sphaeromeria potentilloidesSphaeromeria potentilloidesSphaeromeria potentilloides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names false chickensage and fivefinger chickensage. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from the Great Basin and surrounding regions. It grows in moist areas, especially...
- fivefinger chickensage - Sphaeromeria ruthiae - Zion chickensage
- Sphaeromeria simplex - Laramie chickensage