Dicoria
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Dicoria is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family
. It contains two species. In the United States Dicoria is morphologically variable, but all plants are assigned to the single species Dicoria canescens
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. It contains two species. In the United States Dicoria is morphologically variable, but all plants are assigned to the single species Dicoria canescens
Dicoria canescens
Dicoria canescens is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by several common names including desert twinbugs and bugseed. This is a plant of the United States' desert southwest, especially the Mojave Desert. This is a plant which forms bushes or thickets of many individuals in the desert sand...