Xanthisma facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sleepy-daisy
Xanthisma spinulosum on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Xanthisma DC.
Type species
Xanthisma texanum DC.
Synonyms
Xanthisma sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. Machaeranthera subg. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm. Sideranthus Nutt. ex Nees Centauridium Torr. & A.Gray Machaeranthera sect. Sideranthus (Nutt. ex Nees) R.L.Hartm. Machaeranthera sect. Stenoloba R.L.Hartm. Sideranthus Nutt. Eriocarpum Nutt.

Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.

The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition." It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas."

• Xanthisma blephariphyllum (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM
• Xanthisma coloradoense (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CO WY
• Xanthisma gracile (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - CA NV UT CO AZ NM TX NY ME, Chihuahua
• Xanthisma grindelioides (Nutt.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Alberta, Saskatchewan, MT ND SD NE WY CO UT AZ NV NM
• Xanthisma gypsophilum (B.L.Turner) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Coahuila, Durango, TX NM
• Xanthisma junceum (Greene) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Baja California, AZ CA
• Xanthisma paradoxum (B.L. Turner & R.L. Hartm.) G.L. Nesom & B.L. Turner - CO AZ UT
• Xanthisma spinulosum (Pursh) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Nuevo León, Coahuila, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, CA AZ NM TX AR OK KS CO UT NV ID WY MT ND SD NE IA MN
• Xanthisma texanum DC. - TX NM AZ OK
• Xanthisma viscidum (Wooton & Standl.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - TX NM

See also

In Spanish: Xanthisma para niños