''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family

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Hemizonia ''Hemizonia'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. They are known generally as tarweeds, although some tarweeds belong to other genera, such as ''Madia'' and ''Deinandra''. Furthermore, ''Hemizonia'' is currently being revised; some sp ...

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Distribution

''Deinandra'' plants are native to the

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Species

The following species are accepted in the genus ''Deinandra'': * ''

Deinandra arida ''Deiandra arida'' (formerly ''Hemizonia arida''), also called Red Rock tarplant, is a rare California annual plant in the family Asteraceae.Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 189 Habitat and range ''Deiandra arida'' occurs ...

'' - Red Rock tarweed - Kern County, California * ''

Deinandra bacigalupii ''Deinandra bacigalupii'' (sometimes misspelled ''bacigalupi'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names Livermore tarplant and Livermore moonshine. It is endemic to Alameda County, California, wher ...

'' - Livermore tarweed - Alameda County, California * ''

Deinandra clementina ''Deinandra clementina'', known by the common name island tarplant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the Channel Islands of California. Range ''Deinandra clementina'' is found in all of the Channel Islands exc ...

'' - California * ''

Deinandra conjugens ''Deinandra conjugens'' (syn. ''Hemizonia conjugens'') is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Otay tarplant and Otay tarweed. It is native to a small section of far northern Baja California in Mexi ...

'' - Otay tarweed: Otay Mesa area in

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and Baja California * ''

Deinandra corymbosa ''Deinandra corymbosa'' is a rare North American species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. A common name is coastal tarweed. ''Deinandra corymbosa'' is native to California, found in the Coast Ranges from Humboldt Cou ...

'' - California from Santa Barbara County to Humboldt County * ''

Deinandra fasciculata ''Deinandra fasciculata'' (syn: ''Hemizonia fasciculata''), known by the common names clustered tarweed and fascicled spikeweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to western North America.

'' - clustered tarweed: southern California and Baja California * ''

Deinandra floribunda ''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus ''Hemizonia''. Distribution ''De ...

'' - California and Baja California * ''

Deinandra frutescens ''Deinandra'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus ''Hemizonia''. Distribution ''De ...

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Deinandra greeneana ''Deinandra greeneana'' is a rare North American species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ''Deinandra greeneana'' has been found only in the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico. The species was thought for ...

'' - Baja California including Guadalupe IslandRose, Joseph Nelson. 1890. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1: 24-25
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Deinandra halliana ''Deinandra halliana'', or Hall's tarplant, is a California species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found in the Coast Ranges of Central California, in Monterey, Fresno, San Benito, and San Luis Obispo C ...

'' - central California ( Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, San Benito Counties) * ''

Deinandra increscens ''Deinandra increscens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name grassland tarweed. It is endemic to California, where it has been found primarily in Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties ...

'' - grassland tarweed - central California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Counties) * '' Deinandra kelloggii'' - California (from Mendocino to Imperial Counties),

( Pima County), Baja California * ''

Deinandra lobbii ''Deinandra lobbii'', the threeray tarweed, is a North American species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. Distribution The plant is endemic to California, though with a disjunct (discontinuous) distribution. It has be ...

'' - central and northern California * '' Deinandra martirensis'' - Baja California, Baja California Sur * ''

Deinandra minthornii ''Deinandra minthornii'' — (syn. ''Hemizonia minthornii'') — is a rare California species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Santa Susana tarplant, or Santa Susana tarweed. It is listed as a rare species by ...

'' - Santa Susana tarweed: California

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and Ventura Counties). (State and CNPS listed 'rare species.') * '' Deinandra mohavensis'' - Mojave tarweed - California (San Diego,

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Deinandra pallida ''Deinandra pallida'', the Kern tarweed, is a California species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found in the Coast Ranges, southern San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada foothills in Kern, Los Angeles, ...

'' - California (from Solano County to Los Angeles County) * ''

Deinandra palmeri ''Deinandra palmeri'' is a rare North American species of plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. ''Deinandra palmeri'' has is native to the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico. The species has been found only on G ...

'' - Baja California * '' Deinandra paniculata'' - California and Baja California * '' Deinandra pentactis'' - central California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo,

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, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Mateo Counties) * '' Deinandra streetsii'' - Baja California

References

External links

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USDA Plants Profile: ''Deinandra''
Asteraceae genera Flora of the Western United States Flora of Baja California Flora of Baja California Sur Flora of Mexican Pacific Islands {{Madieae-stub