''Cicendia'' is a small genus of plants in the

gentian family Gentianaceae is a family of flowering plants of 105 genera and about 1600 species. Etymology The family takes its name from the genus ''Gentiana'', named after the Illyrian king Gentius. Distribution Distribution is cosmopolitan. Characteristi ...

which contains only two species of tiny yellow annual wildflowers. '' Cicendia filiformis'', the slender cicendia or yellow centaury, is native to Europe and naturalized in other places, such as Australia. '' Cicendia quadrangularis'', the Oregon timwort, is native to western

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Species

*'' Cicendia filformis'' *'' Cicendia quadrangularis''

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment''C. filiformis'' in South Australia''C. quadrangularis'' photos
Gentianaceae Gentianaceae genera Flora of Europe Flora of California Flora of Oregon Taxa named by Michel Adanson {{Gentianales-stub