Xanthisma

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy,[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[2][4][5][6][7][8][3]

Sleepy-daisy
Xanthisma spinulosum
on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada
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Xanthisma

Type species
Xanthisma texanum[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Xanthisma sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm.
  • Machaeranthera subg. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm.
  • Sideranthus Nutt. ex Nees
  • Centauridium Torr. & A.Gray
  • Machaeranthera sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm.
  • Machaeranthera sect. Stenoloba R.L.Hartm.
  • Sideranthus Nutt.
  • Eriocarpum Nutt.

The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition."[3] It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas."[2]

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