Krascheninnikovia lanata
| Krascheninnikovia lanata | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
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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.