''Venegasia'' is a genus of

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n plants in the tribe

Madieae Madieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is sometimes considered a subtribe of Heliantheae. Notable species include the tarweeds of the Western United States as well as the silverswords of Hawaii. Subtribes and gener ...

within 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 ...

.Tropicos, ''Venegasia'' DC.
/ref> ''Venegasia carpesioides'' is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

, and in

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> ''Venegasia'' was named after the

Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related to, from, or connected to the country of Mexico, in North America ** People *** Mexicans, inhabitants of the country Mexico and their descendants *** Mexica, ancient indigenous people ...

historian

Miguel Venegas Miguel Venegas (1680–1764) was a Jesuit administrator and historian. He is most known for his book ''Noticia de la California'', a standard geographical, historical, and ethnographic description of Baja California, Mexico—a region he never pers ...

, 1680–1764.CalFlora Botanical Names
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References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileFlora of North AmericaPhoto gallery
Madieae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of California Flora of Baja California {{Madieae-stub