Stephanomeria

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

• Stephanomeria diegensis <small>Gottlieb</small> - San Diego wirelettuce - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgata
• Stephanomeria elata <small>Nutt.</small> - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32
• Stephanomeria exigua <small>Nutt.</small> - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria hitchcockii <small>Gand.</small> - Kansas
• Stephanomeria malheurensis <small>Gottlieb</small> - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria mexiae <small>M.E.Jones</small> - Chihuahua
• Stephanomeria paniculata <small>Nutt.</small> - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria virgata <small>Benth.</small> - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16

• Stephanomeria cichoriacea <small>A.Gray</small> - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria fluminea <small>Gottlieb</small> - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria guadalupensis <small>Brandegee</small> - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria lactucina <small>A.Gray</small> - woodland wirelettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria monocephala <small>Moran</small> - Baja California
• Stephanomeria occultata <small>Wellard & J.W.Baker</small> - Endemic to Weber River corridor, Northern Utah; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria parryi <small>A.Gray</small> - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32
• Stephanomeria pauciflora <small>(Torr.) A.Nelson</small> - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16
• Stephanomeria runcinata <small>Nutt.</small> - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria tenuifolia <small>(Raf.) H.M.Hall</small> - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16
• Stephanomeria thurberi <small>A.Gray</small> - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella

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