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Bebbia juncea var aspera | |
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Genus: | Bebbia |
Species: | B. juncea
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Type species | |
Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
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Carphephorus section Kuhniodes Benth. |
Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[4][5]
Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea.[6] The Global Compositae Checklist [7] and The Plant List[8] accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties: