| Krascheninnikovia | |
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| Krascheninnikovia lanata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chenopodioideae |
| Genus: | Krascheninnikovia Guldenstaedt |
| Species | |
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About 8, see text |
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Krascheninnikovia is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family known generally as winterfat. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrubs which may be monoecious or dioecious. They bear spike inflorescences of woolly flowers.
Species include:
The genus was named for the Russian botanist and explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka, Stepan Krasheninnikov.