Rafinesquia
| Rafinesquia | |
|---|---|
| Rafinesquia neomexicana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Rafinesquia Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 (Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 (Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 (Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family) |
| Synonyms | |
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Nemoseris Greene | |
Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.
The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841.