Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in LatinTropicos, Venegasia DC.Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
Venegasia carpesioides is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern California,Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.CalFlora Botanical Names
References
External links Jepson Manual Treatment USDA Plants Profile Flora of North America Photo gallery