''Parasenecio'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
groundsel tribe within the
sunflower family.
Most of the species are Asian, but one ''(P. auriculatus)'' occurs in the
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...
in
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
.
Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 437 蟹甲草属 xie jia cao shu ''Parasenecio'' W. W. Smith & J. Small, Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 28: 93. 1922
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Senecioneae
Asteraceae genera
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