genus
Fournerve Daisies
Tetraneuris
Field notes
Tetraneuris, commonly known as four-nerve daisy or bitterweed, is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the daisy family.
The genus includes one annual species, Tetraneuris linearifolia, with all the other species being perennials.
The name is of Greek origin, deriving from tetra, meaning "four", and neuron, meaning "nerve", which refers to the venation of the rays: three-lobed with the outer lobes themselves having an apparent vein down the middle.
Species
Tetraneuris acaulis – western Canada, western USA, northern Mexico
Tetraneuris argentea – Arizona, New Mexico
Tetraneuris herbacea – Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois
Tetraneuris ivesiana – Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona
Tetraneuris linearifolia - Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
Tetraneuris scaposa – Chihuahua, Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico
Tetraneuris torreyana – Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
Tetraneuris turneri – Coahuila, Texas
Tetraneuris verdiensis – Arizona
formerly included
see Hymenoxys
Tetraneuris brandegeei - Hymenoxys brandegeei
Tetraneuris grandiflora - Hymenoxys grandiflora
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native fournerve daisies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Fineleaf Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris linearifolia
caterpillars
1
bees
1
flowers
5
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Stemmy Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris scaposa
bees
1
food
1
flowers
27
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Stemless Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris acaulis
bees
1
food
1
flowers
14
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Ives' Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris ivesiana
bees
1
flowers
4
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Torrey's Four-nerved Daisy
Tetraneuris torreyana
bees
1
flowers
4
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Lakeside Daisy
Tetraneuris herbacea
flowers
3