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Tidestromia

Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.

Species include:

  • Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
  • Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
  • Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
  • Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
  • Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet