''Leptosyne'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It includes eight species native to California, Arizona, and northwestern Mexico.

Species

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Leptosyne bigelovii ''Leptosyne bigelovii'' is a species of flowering plant in the daisy or sunflower family, Asteraceae, with the common names Bigelow coreopsis and Bigelow's tickseed.Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed., p. 206 It is Endemism, endemic to ...

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Leptosyne californica ''Leptosyne californica'' is a North American species of tickseed in the family Asteraceae. ...

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Leptosyne calliopsidea ''Leptosyne calliopsidea'' is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name leafstem tickseed. It is endemic to California. The plant grows in some of the southern coastal mountain ranges and Transverse Ranges and the ...

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Leptosyne douglasii ''Leptosyne douglasii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Douglas' tickseed. It is native to California from Santa Clara County to San Diego County, as well as from Mohave County in Arizona. The pl ...

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Leptosyne gigantea ''Leptosyne gigantea'', known by the common name giant coreopsis, is a woody perennial plant native to coastal regions of central and southern California and also to northern Baja California.Leptosyne hamiltonii ''Leptosyne hamiltonii'', the Mt. Hamilton coreopsis or Mt. Hamilton tickseed, is a rare California species of ''Leptosyne'' in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in a small region including Mount Hamilton and the Diablo Range in the southw ...

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Leptosyne maritima ''Leptosyne maritima'', the sea dahlia, is a species of tickseed in the sunflower family. ''Leptosyne maritima'' is native to Southern California and Baja California, primarily in coastal California chaparral and woodlands habitats. It grows ...

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Leptosyne stillmanii ''Leptosyne stillmanii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Stillman's tickseed. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the Central Valley and most of the adjacent coastal and inland mountai ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from= Q16085430 Asteraceae genera Flora of Northern America Taxa described in 1836 Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle