| Xanthisma | |
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| Xanthisma spinulosum on Frenchman Mountain, Nevada | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Machaerantherinae |
| Genus: | Xanthisma DC. |
| Type species | |
| Xanthisma texanum [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Xanthisma, common name sleepy-daisy, [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [3]
The generic name comes from the Greek "xanthos," "yellow", and "-ismos," "condition." [3] It was first described in 1836 from material collected in "The Mexican Province of Texas." [1]