Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[3][4]

Rafinesquia
Rafinesquia neomexicana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Cichorieae
Subtribe:	Microseridinae
Genus:	Rafinesquia Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 (Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 (Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 (Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Nemoseris Greene

The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841.[5]

Species

Rafinesquia consists of two species:[2][6][7]

• Rafinesquia californica Nutt. (California plumeseed, California chicory) - Baja California, Sonora, USA (CA OR NV AZ UT)
• Rafinesquia neomexicana A.Gray (New Mexico plumeseed, desert chicory) - Baja California, Sonora, USA (CA NV AZ UT NM TX)

References

External links

• Rafinesquia californica at Calflora
• Rafinesquia neomexicana at Calflora
• US Department of Agriculture Plants Database: Rafinesquia

• Media related to Rafinesquia at Wikimedia Commons

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