| Sweetbush | |
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| Bebbia juncea var. aspera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Millerieae |
| Genus: | Bebbia Greene[1] |
| Species: | B. juncea
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| Binomial name | |
| Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
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| Synonyms | |
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Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the family Asteraceae.[2][3] Its only species is Bebbia juncea.[1]
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).[4] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[5][6]
- ^ a b "Bebbia Greene". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 179–181 in English
- ^ Tropicos, Bebbia Greene
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Whalen, M. 1977. Taxonomy of Bebbia (Compositae: Heliantheae). Madroño 24: 112–123.
- ^ Flora of North America, Bebbia Greene