genus

Lasianthaea

Lasianthaea

Field notes

Lasianthaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The species are native primarily to Mexico, with one species extending just over the border into the United States and another south to northwestern South America.

Species

Lasianthaea aurea (D.Don) K.M.Becker - México State

Lasianthaea beckeri B.L.Turner - Jalisco

Lasianthaea ceanothifolia (Willd.) K.M.Becker - central Mexico

Lasianthaea crocea (A.Gray) K.M.Becker - Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Michoacán, México State

Lasianthaea fruticosa (L.) K.M.Becker - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela

Lasianthaea gentryi B.L.Turner - Sinaloa

Lasianthaea helianthoides Zucc. ex DC. - Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Michoacán, México State

Lasianthaea machucana B.L.Turner - Jalisco

Lasianthaea macrocephala (Hook. & Arn.) K.M.Becker - Oaxaca, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Michoacán, México State, Colima, Sinaloa

Lasianthaea palmeri (Greenm.) K.M.Becker - Jalisco, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Zacatecas

Lasianthaea podocephala (A.Gray) K.M.Becker - Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Arizona (Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise Cos), New Mexico (Hidalgo Co)

Lasianthaea ritovegana B.L.Turner - Sinaloa

Lasianthaea rosei (Greenm.) McVaugh - Nayarit

Lasianthaea seemannii (A.Gray) K.M.Becker - Nayarit, Sonora

Lasianthaea squarrosa (Greenm. ex Greenm.) K.M.Becker - Guerrero

Lasianthaea zinnioides (Hemsl.) K.M.Becker - Nayarit

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.