Rigiopappus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wireweed
Rigiopappus leptocladus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Rigiopappus
Species:	R. leptocladus
Binomial name
Rigiopappus leptocladus A.Gray

Wireweed (scientific name: Rigiopappus leptocladus) is a small plant found in North America. It belongs to the sunflower family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers. This plant is closely related to another plant group called Pentachaeta.

About Wireweed

Wireweed is the only known species in its group, called Rigiopappus. It gets its common name, "wireweed," because of its thin, slender stems. These stems grow upwards and have small, yellow flowers that look like tiny daisies.

Where Wireweed Grows

Wireweed is native to the western United States. You can find it growing naturally in states like California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. It prefers these areas because of the climate and soil conditions there.

Wireweed's Life Cycle

Wireweed is an annual plant. This means it completes its entire life cycle in just one year. It grows from a seed, produces flowers and new seeds, and then dies, all within a single growing season. The new seeds will then sprout the next year.

See also

In Spanish: Rigiopappus para niños