Scabrethia
Genus of flowering plants
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Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
| Scabrethia | |
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| Scabrethia scabra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Scabrethia W.A.Weber |
| Species: | S. scabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Scabrethia scabra | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species synonymy
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There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra,[4] the badlands mule-ears,[5] which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico).[1][6]
- Subspecies[1]
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. scabra - (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. attenuata (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
- Scabrethia scabra subsp. canescens (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999).[4]
The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia.[7]
