Xanthocephalum

Xanthocephalum is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.

The name "Xanthocephalum" means "yellow head," from the Greek "xanthos," yellow and "kephale," head. The genus was once much larger than it is today, with many of its former members transferred to Gutierrezia in the 1980s. Species Xanthocephalum amoenum Shinners - Texas Xanthocephalum benthamianum Hemsl. - Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán, Jalisco Xanthocephalum centauroides Willd. - Michoacán, Durango, D.F., Guanajuato, México State Xanthocephalum durangense M.A.Lane - Durango Xanthocephalum eradiatum (M.A.Lane) G.L.Nesom - Chihuahua Xanthocephalum gymnospermoides (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. - United States (Arizona, Texas), Chihuahua, Sonora Xanthocephalum humile (Kunth) Benth. & Hook.f. - Hidalgo, D.F., Puebla, Tlaxcala, México State, San Luis Potosí Xanthocephalum megalocephalum Fernald - Chihuahua formerly included see Amphiachyris Gutierrezia Gymnosperma Pilosella Stephanodoria