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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Madieae |
| Subtribe: | Venegasiinae B.G.Baldwin |
| Genus: | Venegasia DC. |
| Species: | V. carpesioides |
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| Venegasia carpesioides DC. | |
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Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.
Venegasia carpesioides is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern California, and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower.
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.
References
- ^ Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
- Blake, Sydney Fay. 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1599
- Rydberg, Per Axel. 1914. North American Flora 34: 5
- Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in Latin
- Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle
- Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
- Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- CalFlora Botanical Names
External links
Media related to Venegasia carpesioides at Wikimedia Commons
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| Venegasia |
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| Venegasiinae | |
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