Astranthium
Genus of flowering plants
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Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.[9][10][11]
| Western-daisy[1] | |
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| Astranthium integrifolium in Kentucky | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Astranthiinae |
| Genus: | Astranthium Nutt. |
| Type species | |
| Astranthium integrifolium | |
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- Astranthium beamanii DeJong – Nuevo León
- Astranthium ciliatum (Raf.) G.L.Nesom – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri)
- Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt. – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia)
- Astranthium laetificum DeJong - southern Mexico
- Astranthium mexicanum (A.Gray) Larsen – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo
- Astranthium orthopodum (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen – Chihuahua, Durango
- Astranthium purpurascens (B.L.Rob.) Larsen – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí
- Astranthium reichei Rzed. – central Mexico
- Astranthium robustum (Shinners) De Jong – United States (western Texas)
- Astranthium splendens DeJong – Nuevo León
- Astranthium xanthocomoides (Less.) Larsen – Hidalgo, Veracruz
- Astranthium xylopodum Larsen – Jalisco
