| Venegasia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Venegasia carpesioides | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
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Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. [4] [1] [5] [6]
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, [7] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower. [8] [9]
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764. [10]
