Scabrethia | |
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Scabrethia scabra | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: |
Scabrethia W.A.Weber |
Species: | S. scabra
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Binomial name | |
Scabrethia scabra | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Species synonymy
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Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] [3]
There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra, [4] the badlands mule-ears, [5] which is native to the western United States ( Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico). [1] [6]
The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999). [4]
The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia. [7]