genus

Plumeseeds

Rafinesquia

Field notes

Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.

The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841.

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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.

Top native plumeseeds All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.