What is "stephanomeria"

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

1. Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California
2. Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - wreathplant - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgata
3. Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon
4. Stephanomeria exiguaNutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California
5. Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming
6. Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California
7. Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas
8. Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - lettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada
9. Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon
10. Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua
11. Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California
12. Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho
13. Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
14. Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico ( Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila)
15. Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan
16. Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California
17. Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas
18. Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California

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