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Bebbia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Heliantheae

Scientific name
  
Bebbia juncea

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Bebbia (Benth.) Greene

Higher classification
  
Bebbia

Bebbia httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons22

Similar
  
Daisy family, Acourtia, Angianthus, Cymbonotus

Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the daisy family.

It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur). It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.

Bebbia Bebbia juncea Sweetbush NPIN
Species

Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea. The Global Compositae Checklist and The Plant List accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties:


  • Bebbia atriplicifolia (A.Gray) Greene - Baja California Sur
  • Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
  • Bebbia juncea var. juncea
  • Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Benth.) Greene

  • Bebbia Sweetbush Bebbia juncea
    Bebbia FileBebbiajuncea20080405JPG Wikimedia Commons

    Bebbia Bebbia juncea Sweetbush Chuckwalla39s Delight Southeastern

    References

    Bebbia Wikipedia