Venegasia

Canyon sunflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Madieae[1]
Genus: Venegasia
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Binomial name
Venegasia carpesioides
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Synonyms[2][3][4]
  • Venegasia deltoidea Rydb.
  • Venegasia carpesioides deltoides (Rydb.) S.F. Blake

Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.[5][2][6][7]

Venegasia carpesioides is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern California,[8] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the Canyon sunflower.[1][9]

Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.[10]

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