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''Stephanomeria'' is a genus of
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n plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe
Cichorieae The Cichorieae (also called Lactuceae) are a tribe in the plant family Asteraceae that includes 93 genera, more than 1,600 sexually reproductive species and more than 7,000 apomictic species. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the E ...
within 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 ...
.Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; ''Phylogeny of ''Stephanomeria'' and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences''; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168 ''Stephanomeria'' species are used as food plants by the
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e of some
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species including '' Schinia scarletina'', which feeds exclusively on the genus. ; Annual speciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ''Stephanomeria''
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Stephanomeria diegensis ''Stephanomeria diegensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name San Diego wirelettuce. It is native to the coastal hills and ranges of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in many t ...
'' Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce -
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, southern
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; Hybrid origin: ''S. exigua х S. virgata'' * ''
Stephanomeria elata ''Stephanomeria elata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Santa Barbara wirelettuce and Nuttall's wirelettuce. It is native to Oregon and California, where it grows in coastal and inland mountain r ...
'' Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce -
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Stephanomeria exigua ''Stephanomeria exigua'', the small wirelettuce, is a perennial or biennial plant native to the western United States. It is thought to be the parent species of '' Stephanomeria malheurensis'' (Malheur wirelettuce), an endangered plant species f ...
'' Nutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States +
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Stephanomeria hitchcockii ''Stephanomeria'' is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; ''Phylogeny of ''Stephanomeria'' and related genera (composi ...
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Stephanomeria malheurensis ''Stephanomeria malheurensis'', the Malheur wirelettuce, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Oregon in the United States. It is a federally listed endangered species. It was discovered in 1966 and the popul ...
'' Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in
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Stephanomeria mexiae ''Stephanomeria'' is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; ''Phylogeny of ''Stephanomeria'' and related genera (composi ...
'' M.E.Jones - Chihuahua * ''
Stephanomeria paniculata ''Stephanomeria paniculata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names tufted wirelettuce and stiff-branched wirelettuce. It is native to the northwestern United States, where it grows in many types of hab ...
'' Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce -
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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
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Stephanomeria virgata ''Stephanomeria virgata'', commonly called rod wirelettuce, twiggy wreath plant, and virgate wirelettuce, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Asteraceae. It can be found growing in Western North America, specifically California, but also i ...
'' Benth. - rod wirelettuce -
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
; 2n=16 ; Perennial speciesCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. * ''
Stephanomeria cichoriacea ''Stephanomeria cichoriacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae; it is known by the common names chicoryleaf wirelettuce and silver rock-lettuce. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the coastal mountain ranges as ...
'' A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Stephanomeria fluminea ''Stephanomeria fluminea'' is a species of flowering plant 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 (biol ...
'' Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce -
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to northwestern
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Stephanomeria guadalupensis ''Stephanomeria'' is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; ''Phylogeny of ''Stephanomeria'' and related genera (composi ...
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Endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
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Guadalupe Island Guadalupe Island () is a volcanic island located off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and about southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. The various volcanoes are extinc ...
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; 2n=16 * '' Stephanomeria lactucina'' A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce -
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
; 2n=16 * '' Stephanomeria monocephala'' Moran -
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* '' Stephanomeria occultata'' Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to
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corridor, Northern
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; 2n=16 * '' Stephanomeria parryi'' A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce -
Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
; 2n=32 * '' Stephanomeria pauciflora'' (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (
Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
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Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
); 2n=16 * '' Stephanomeria runcinata'' Nutt. - desert wirelettuce -
Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
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Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
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Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
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North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
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Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
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Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
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Stephanomeria tenuifolia ''Stephanomeria tenuifolia'', the narrow-leaved wire-lettuce or narrow leaved stephanomeria, is a perennial plant in the family Asteraceae that grows in the Great Basin of the western United States.Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 200 ...
'' (Raf.) H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States;
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
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British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
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Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
; 2n=16 * '' Stephanomeria thurberi'' A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce -
New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
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Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Microseris ''Microseris'' is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae, plants that often called composites. They are native to North America, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Plants in the genus can either be annua ...
Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella''


References

* Asteraceae genera Flora of Northern America {{Cichorieae-stub