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 | |
Xanthisma texanum DC. |
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Synonyms | |
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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."