Thymophylla is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae.Lagasca y Segura, Mariano. 1816. Genera et species plantarum, Elench. Pl. 25Tropicos, Thymophylla Lag. Pricklyleaf is a common name for plants in this genus.
The generic name is derived from the Greek words θύμον (thymon), meaning "thyme", and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf".
SpeciesBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapsStrother, J. L. 1969. Systematics of Dyssodia Cavanilles (Compositae: Tageteae). University of California Publications in Botany 48: 1–88.Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93 Thymophylla acerosa (DC.) Strother – pricklyleaf dogweed, Texas dogweed - TX NM AZ UT NV Thymophylla aurantiaca (Brandegee) Rydb. - Puebla, Oaxaca Thymophylla aurea (A.Gray) Greene ex Britton – manyawn pricklyleaf - TX NM CO KS Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango Thymophylla concinna (A.Gray) Strother – Sonoran pricklyleaf - AZ (Pima County) Sonora Thymophylla gentryi (M.C.Johnst.) Strother - Durango Thymophylla gypsophila (B.L.Turner) Strother - Coahuila Thymophylla micropoides (DC.) Strother – woolly pricklyleaf - TX Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas Thymophylla mutica (M.C.Johnst.) Strother - Tamaulipas Thymophylla pentachaeta (DC.) Small – five-needle pricklyleaf - TX Chihuahua, Sonora, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Baja California, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas Thymophylla setifolia Lag. – Texas pricklyleaf - TX NM Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Veracruz Thymophylla tenuifolia (Cass.) Rydb. - México State, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Zacatecas Thymophylla tenuiloba (DC.) Small – bristleleaf pricklyleaf - TX NM Coahuila, Nuevo León, Nayarit, Tamaulipas Thymophylla tephroleuca (S.F.Blake) Strother – ashy pricklyleaf, ashy dogweed - TX
formerly included see Adenophyllum Thymophylla anomala - Adenophyllum anomalum Thymophylla neomexicana - Adenophyllum wriightii
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile