Roldana

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Roldana also known as groundsel is a genus of large herbs or subshrubs from the tribe groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

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Roldana
Roldana petasitis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Roldana
La Llave ex Lex.
Type species
Roldana lobata
Synonyms[1]
  • Pericalia Cass.
  • Senecio sect. Palmatinervii Greenm.
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Most if not all of its members used to be members of a related genus, Senecio. The species which are native to Southwest United States, Mexico and Central America and naturalized elsewhere.[5][6]

Species[1]
formerly included[1]

several species now regarded as better suited to other genera: Senecio Trixis

'Cristobalensis', 'sartorii' and 'oaxacana' are accepted as varieties of Roldana petasitis.[7][8][9]

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