''Hymenothrix'' is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the
daisy family
Asteraceae () is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger fam ...
known as thimbleheads. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
These are spindly, erect annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with white or yellow flowers.
; Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Hymenothrix'':
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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* '' Hymenothrix autumnalis'' - Coahuila
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, Nuevo León
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* '' Hymenothrix biternata'' - United States (Arizona
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New Mexico
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)
* '' Hymenothrix dissecta'' - Baja California
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, Sonora
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, Chihuahua, Coahuila
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, United States (California
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Arizona
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New Mexico
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Texas
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Nevada
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Utah
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Colorado
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Wyoming
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South Dakota
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)
* ''Hymenothrix glandulopubescens
''Hymenothrix'' is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the Asteraceae, daisy family known as thimbleheads. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
These are spindly, erect annual, biennial, and pere ...
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* '' Hymenothrix greenmanii'' - México State
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* '' Hymenothrix janakosiana'' - Chihuahua
* '' Hymenothrix loomisii'' - Loomis's thimblehead - California
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Nevada
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Arizona
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* '' Hymenothrix palmeri'' - Chihuahua
* '' Hymenothrix pedata'' - Chihuahua, Coahuila
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, United States (New Mexico
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Texas
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)
* ''Hymenothrix wislizeni
''Hymenothrix wislizeni'', the Trans-Pecos thimblehead, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It grows in northwestern Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua) and the southwestern United States (far western Texa ...
'' - Trans-Pecos thimblehead - Chihuahua, Sonora
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, Arizona New Mexico
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Texas
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* ''Hymenothrix wrightii
''Hymenothrix wrightii'', commonly known as Wright's hymenothrix or Wright's thimblehead, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It grows in northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California) and the southweste ...
'' - Wright's thimblehead - Chihuahua, Baja California
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, California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
; formerly included
''Hymenothrix purpurea'' Brandegee - ''Florestina purpurea
''Florestina'' is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America.
''Florestina'' is distinguished from ''Palafoxia'' by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae (achenes) which are o ...
'' (Brandegee) Rydb.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Bahieae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of Mexico
Flora of the Western United States
Taxa named by Asa Gray
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