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Enceliopsis

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Enceliopsis

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Enceliopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are sometimes called sunrays. They are similar to the daisylike plants in the related genus Encelia. These three shrubs are native to the western United States and Canada.

Species

Sunray

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
5
With media
4
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
UAM, KSTC, VT, UF
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Asteraceae
Image
Enceliopsis argophylla 1.jpg
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Commons category
Enceliopsis
taxon name
Enceliopsis
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Enceliopsis
taxon common name
sunray
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Enceliopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are sometimes called sunrays. They are similar to the daisylike plants in the related genus Encelia. These three shrubs are native to the western United States and Canada. Species Enceliopsis argophylla - silverleaf sunray - Arizona (Mohave Co), Nevada (Clark Co), Utah (Washington Co) Enceliopsis covillei - Panamint daisy - Inyo County in California Enceliopsis nudicaulis - nakedstem sunray - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Enceliopsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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