Adenophyllum

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Adenophyllum
Adenophyllum cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae
Genus: Adenophyllum
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Species

10 - See text.

Adenophyllum is a small genus of plants in the sunflower family. It contains ten species known generally as dogweeds. These are gangly, daisylike or thistlelike plants with yellow or reddish flowers. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions. Some species are considered synonyms under genus Dyssodia and may have dyssodia as their common names.

Species include:

  • Adenophyllum cooperi - Cooper's dyssodia, Cooper's dogweed
  • Adenophyllum porophylloides - San Felipe dogweed
  • Adenophyllum porophyllum - poreleaf dogweed
  • Adenophyllum wrightii - Wright's dogweed

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