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Wright's dogweed
Scientific classification
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Tribe:
Tageteae
Genus:
Adenophyllum
Species:
A. wrightii
Binomial name
Adenophyllum wrightii
A. Gray
Synonyms
  • Hymenatherum neo-mexicanum A.Gray
  • Hymenatherum neomexicanum A.Gray
  • Adenophyllum pulcherrimum (Strother) Villarreal
  • Dyssodia neomexicana (A.Gray) B.L.Rob.
  • Thymophylla neomexicana (A.Gray) Wooton & Standl.

Adenophyllum wrightii is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names San Felipe dogweed, San Felipe dyssodia and Wright's dogweed. It is native to Mexico and the US States of Arizona and New Mexico. The species was long thought to be extinct in New Mexico, but live populations were rediscovered in the state in 1999.

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