Astranthium

Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Astranthium beamanii <small>DeJong</small> – Nuevo León
• Astranthium ciliatum <small>(Raf.) G.L.Nesom</small> – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri)
• Astranthium integrifolium <small>(Michx.) Nutt.</small> – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia)
• Astranthium laetificum <small>DeJong </small> - southern Mexico
• Astranthium mexicanum <small>(A.Gray) Larsen</small> – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo
• Astranthium orthopodum <small>(B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen</small> – Chihuahua, Durango
• Astranthium purpurascens <small>(B.L.Rob.) Larsen</small> – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí
• Astranthium reichei <small>Rzed.</small> – central Mexico
• Astranthium robustum <small>(Shinners) De Jong</small> – United States (western Texas)
• Astranthium splendens <small>DeJong</small> – Nuevo León
• Astranthium xanthocomoides <small>(Less.) Larsen</small> – Hidalgo, Veracruz
• Astranthium xylopodum <small>Larsen</small> – Jalisco

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