Lessingia
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Lessingia is a genus of plants in the daisy family
which are native to western North America. Some species are endemic to California. Lessingias are generally daisylike in appearance with white, yellow, or purple flowers, but they vary in appearance. Some lessingias are sometimes treated as members of different genera, such as Benitoa
. The San Francisco lessingia, Lessingia germanorum
, is an endangered species.
Species:
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...
which are native to western North America. Some species are endemic to California. Lessingias are generally daisylike in appearance with white, yellow, or purple flowers, but they vary in appearance. Some lessingias are sometimes treated as members of different genera, such as Benitoa
Benitoa
Benitoa is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. This is a monotypic genus containing the single species Benitoa occidentalis, which is known simply as benitoa...
. The San Francisco lessingia, Lessingia germanorum
Lessingia germanorum
Lessingia germanorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name San Francisco lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from four populations in the Presidio of San Francisco and one occurrence on San Bruno Mountain south of San Francisco. It...
, is an endangered species.
Species:
- Lessingia arachnoideaLessingia arachnoideaLessingia arachnoidea is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Crystal Springs lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from a few occurrences in the vicinity of Crystal Springs Reservoir on the San Francisco Peninsula. It may also exist in...
- Crystal Springs lessingia - Lessingia filaginifoliaCorethrogyne filaginifoliaCorethrogyne filaginifolia is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names common sandaster and California aster...
- California aster - Lessingia germanorumLessingia germanorumLessingia germanorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name San Francisco lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from four populations in the Presidio of San Francisco and one occurrence on San Bruno Mountain south of San Francisco. It...
- San Francisco lessingia - Lessingia glanduliferaLessingia glanduliferaLessingia glandulifera is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name valley lessingia. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of habitat, from forest and desert to the coastline. This is an annual herb varying in maximum size...
- valley lessingia - Lessingia hololeucaLessingia hololeucaLessingia hololeuca is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woollyhead lessingia.-Distribution:...
- woollyhead lessingia - Lessingia lemmoniiLessingia lemmoniiLessingia lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Lemmon's lessingia. It is native to the western United States around the intersection of Nevada, Arizona, and California, where it grows in desert and other habitat with sandy soils...
- Lemmon's lessingia - Lessingia leptocladaLessingia leptocladaLessingia leptoclada is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Sierra lessingia. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from several types of local habitat. This is a slender annual herb growing erect and varying in size from just a...
- Sierra lessingia - Lessingia micradeniaLessingia micradeniaLessingia micradenia is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Mt. Tamalpais lessingia. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where it occurs in areas with serpentine soils. The species is divided into two rare varieties, each with a...
- Mt. Tamalpais lessingia - Lessingia nana - dwarf lessingia
- Lessingia nemacladaLessingia nemacladaLessingia nemaclada is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woollyhead lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is widespread across the northern parts of the Central Valley and adjacent foothills and mountains, including the Sierra Nevada foothills and...
- slenderstem lessingia - Lessingia ramulosa - Sonoma lessingia
- Lessingia tenuisLessingia tenuisLessingia tenuis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name spring lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the San Francisco Bay Area to Ventura County. It grows on the slopes of the California Coast Ranges in common local habitat such as...
- spring lessingia - Lessingia virgataLessingia virgataLessingia virgata is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name wand lessingia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the eastern side of the Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a woolly, glandular annual herb growing up to about...
- wand lessingia
Further reading
- Lane, M. A. (1992). New combinations in Californian Lessingia (Compositae: Astereae). Novon 2:3 213-14.