''Haploesthes fruticosa'' is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It grows in northeastern Mexico (

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

and

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

).Turner, Billie Lee. 1975. Wrightia 5(5): 114
description in parallel English and Latin; commentary in English The genus name is sometimes spelled ''Haploësthes,'' with two dots over the first e to indicate that the o and the e are to be pronounced in separate syllables. This is optional; either spelling is equally acceptable.International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code)
section 60.6 ''Haploesthes fruticosa'' is a woody shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. It is very similar to '' H. greggii'' except for its woody habit and a few differences in the shape of the involucral bracts covering the lower parts of the flower heads.

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Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Coahuila in 2006
Tageteae Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Coahuila Flora of Nuevo León Plants described in 1975 {{Asteroideae-stub