Hymenoxys

Hymenoxys
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Tetraneurinae
Genus: Hymenoxys
Cass.
Type species
Hymenoxys anthemoides
(Juss.) Cass.
Synonyms
  • Plummera A.Gray
  • Dugaldia Cass.
  • Actinella Juss. ex Nutt.
  • Phileozera Buckley
  • Macdougalia A.Heller

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.

Species
formerly included