Astranthium

Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.^[9][10][11]

Western-daisy[1]
Astranthium integrifolium in Kentucky
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Astranthiinae
Genus:	Astranthium Nutt.
Type species
Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt.[2]

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Astranthium beamanii DeJong – Nuevo León
• Astranthium ciliatum (Raf.) G.L.Nesom – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri)
• Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt. – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia)
• Astranthium laetificum DeJong - southern Mexico
• Astranthium mexicanum (A.Gray) Larsen – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo
• Astranthium orthopodum (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen – Chihuahua, Durango
• Astranthium purpurascens (B.L.Rob.) Larsen – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí
• Astranthium reichei Rzed. – central Mexico
• Astranthium robustum (Shinners) De Jong – United States (western Texas)
• Astranthium splendens DeJong – Nuevo León
• Astranthium xanthocomoides (Less.) Larsen – Hidalgo, Veracruz
• Astranthium xylopodum Larsen – Jalisco