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Rubberweeds
Hymenoxys
Hymenoxys (rubberweed or bitterweed) is a genus of plants in the sunflower family, native to North and South America. It was named by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini in 1828.
Plants of this genus are toxic to sheep due to the presence of the sesquiterpene lactone hymenoxon.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first

owlsclaws
speciesHymenoxys hoopesii

Pingue Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys richardsonii

Alpine Sunflower
speciesHymenoxys grandiflora

Cooper's rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys cooperi

bitter hymenoxys
speciesHymenoxys odorata

Brandegee's hymenoxys
speciesHymenoxys brandegeei

Hymenoxys integrifolia
speciesHymenoxys integrifolia
Texas Prairie Dawn
speciesHymenoxys texana

South American Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys anthemoides

Bigelow's Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys bigelovii
Hymenoxys insignis
speciesHymenoxys insignis

Rincon Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys quinquesquamata

Rusby's rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys rusbyi

Arizona Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys subintegra

Hymenoxys robusta
speciesHymenoxys robusta

alkali hymenoxys
speciesHymenoxys lemmonii

Pinaleno Mountain Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys ambigens

East View Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys brachyactis

Hymenoxys megapotamica
speciesHymenoxys megapotamica

Hymenoxys cabrerae
speciesHymenoxys cabrerae

Jame's Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys jamesii
Hymenoxys pinetorum
speciesHymenoxys pinetorum

Hymenoxys chrysanthemoides
speciesHymenoxys chrysanthemoides
Intermountain Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys helenioides

Vasey's Rubberweed
speciesHymenoxys vaseyi

Pygmy Prairiedawn
speciesHymenoxys perpygmaea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49038.