''Thelesperma'' is a genus of

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and

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plants in the cosmos tribe within the sunflower family. Greenthread is a common name for plants in this genus. Members of the genus are used by a number of the southwestern Native American

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as an

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; as such, it is sometimes called "Indian tea," "Native American tea," "Native tea," or the name is referenced to the local tribe where the tea was harvested such as "Apache tea," Pueblo tea," "

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tea," "

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tea," etc. '' T. megapotamicum'' contains

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. It also appears that many of the species contain a very similar chromatographic profile, and thus may contain very similar profiles of flavenoids. The genus is closely related to parts of ''

Coreopsis ''Coreopsis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Common names include calliopsis and tickseed, a name shared with various other plants. Description These plants range from in height. The flowers are usually yellow with ...

'' and to certain North American ''

Bidens ''Bidens'' is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.''Bidens''.
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'' species (including ''

Bidens coronata ''Coreopsis nuecensis'', the crown tickseed, is a North American plant species of '' Coreopsis'' in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Texas, Louisiana, and probably Tamaulipas. There are reports of isolated populations in Michigan and Florid ...

'' and ''

Bidens comosa ''Bidens tripartita'' is a common and widespread species of flowering plant in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, commonly known as three-lobe beggarticks, three-part beggarticks, leafy-bracted beggarticks or trifid bur-marigold. It is native to m ...

''). ; SpeciesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref> * '' Thelesperma ambiguum'' - TX NM * '' Thelesperma burridgeanum'' - TX * ''

Thelesperma filifolium ''Thelesperma filifolium'', commonly known as stiff greenthread, or plains greenthread, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is often found growing in shallow soils. It prefers disturbed sites in dry, sandy or grav ...

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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 ...

, AZ NM TX LA MS AL AR MO OK KS CO WY NE SD * '' Thelesperma flavodisum'' - TX LA AR * '' Thelesperma graminiformis'' -

* '' Thelesperma longipes'' -

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Thelesperma megapotamicum ''Thelesperma megapotamicum'' is a perennial species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae, aster family known by the common name wild tea and rayless greenthread. It is native to sections of the Americas, including the central United States, where ...

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, Chihuahua,

, CA OR AZ NM TX UT CO KS MO WY SD MN IL IN MI * '' Thelesperma muelleri'' -

* '' Thelesperma nuecense'' - TX * '' Thelesperma scabridulum'' -

* '' Thelesperma simplicifolium'' - NM TX

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

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* '' Thelesperma subaequale'' -

* '' Thelesperma subnudum'' -

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SAS ND MT WY CO NM UT NV AZ * '' Thelesperma subsimplicifolium''

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* * Coreopsideae Asteraceae genera {{Coreopsideae-stub