Hymenothrix

thimbleheads
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Bahieae[1]
Genus: Hymenothrix
Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Hutchinsonia M.E.Jones 1933, illegitimate homonym not Robyns 1928 (Rubiaceae)
  • Trichymenia Rydb.

Hymenothrix is a small genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family known as thimbleheads. They are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[2]

These are spindly, erect annual, biennial, and perennial herbs with white or yellow flowers.[3]

Species[1][4][5]
  1. Hymenothrix glandulosa - Chihuahua
  2. Hymenothrix greenmanii - México State
  3. Hymenothrix loomisii - Loomis's thimblehead - California Nevada Arizona
  4. Hymenothrix palmeri - Chihuahua
  5. Hymenothrix wislizeni - Trans-Pecos thimblehead - Chihuahua, Sonora, Arizona New Mexico Texas
  6. Hymenothrix wrightii - Wright's thimblehead - Chihuahua, Baja California, California Arizona New Mexico Texas
formerly included

Hymenothrix purpurea Brandegee - Florestina purpurea (Brandegee) Rydb.

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