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''Croptilon'' is a small North American genus of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s in the tribe
Astereae Astereae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the world. Plants within the tribe are present nearly worldwide d ...
within the family
Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
.Flora of North America, ''Croptilon'' Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 47. 1837.
/ref> ; Species ''Croptilon'' is native to the southeastern and south-central
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as well as northeastern
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.Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> * '' Croptilon divaricatum'' (Nutt.) Raf. - south-central + southeastern USA * '' Croptilon hookerianum'' (Torr. & A.Gray) House - south-central USA * '' Croptilon rigidifolium'' (E.B.Sm.) E.B.Sm. -
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Flora of North America Asteraceae genera Astereae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Astereae-stub