Venegasia

Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.[5][2][6][7]

Canyon sunflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Madieae[1]
Genus:
Venegasia

Binomial name
Venegasia carpesioides
DC.
Synonyms[2][3][4]
  • Venegasia deltoidea Rydb.
  • Venegasia carpesioides deltoides (Rydb.) S.F. Blake

Venegasia carpesioides is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern California,[8] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the Canyon sunflower.[1][9]

Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.[10]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
  3. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1599
  4. Rydberg, Per Axel. 1914. North American Flora 34: 5
  5. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in Latin
  6. Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle
  7. Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
  8. Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower
  9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  10. CalFlora Botanical Names
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