Krascheninnikovia lanata

Krascheninnikovia lanata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Krascheninnikovia
Species:
K. lanata
Binomial name
Krascheninnikovia lanata
(Pursh) A.Meeuse & Smit
Synonyms

Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell

Krascheninnikovia lanata is a species of flowering plant currently placed in the family Amaranthaceae (previously, Chenopodiaceae), known by the common names winterfat, white sage, and wintersage. It is native to much of western North America: from central Western Canada; through the Western United States; to northern Mexico.

The genus was named for Stepan Krasheninnikov—the early 18th-century Russian botanist and explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka.