| Sleepy-daisy | |
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Xanthisma spinulosum on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: |
Xanthisma DC. |
| Type species | |
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Xanthisma texanum DC. |
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Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition." It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas."