| Venegasia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Venegasia |
| Species: | V. carpesioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Venegasia carpesioides DC. |
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Venegasia carpesioides is the single species of its genus of the Asteraceae. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in California[1], and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the Canyon sunflower. Genus Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas.[2]