Stephanomeria

Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.

Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.

1. Stephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - wreathplant - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgata
2. Stephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32
3. Stephanomeria exiguaNutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16
4. Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - Kansas
5. Stephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16
6. Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua
7. Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16
8. Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16

1. Stephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16
2. Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16
3. Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16
4. Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - lettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16
5. Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California
6. Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32
7. Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora, Coahuila); 2n=16
8. Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16
9. Stephanomeria tenuifolia (Raf.) H.M.Hall - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16
10. Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16

see Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella