Scabrethia

Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[2][3]

Scabrethia
Scabrethia scabra
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Scabrethia W.A.Weber
Species:	S. scabra
Binomial name
Scabrethia scabra (Hook.) W.A.Weber
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy Wyethia scabra Hook.

There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra,^[4] the badlands mule-ears,^[5] which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico).^[1][6]

Subspecies^[1]

1. Scabrethia scabra subsp. scabra - (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona
2. Scabrethia scabra subsp. attenuata (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
3. Scabrethia scabra subsp. canescens (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999).^[4]

The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia.^[7]