| Krascheninnikovia lanata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Krascheninnikovia |
| Species: | K. lanata
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| Binomial name | |
| Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.Meeuse & Smit
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| Synonyms | |
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Ceratoides lanata (Pursh) J.T. Howell | |
Krascheninnikovia lanata is a species of flowering plant currently placed in the family Amaranthaceae (previously, Chenopodiaceae), known by the common names winterfat, white sage, and wintersage.[1] It is native to much of western North America: from central Western Canada; through the Western United States; to northern Mexico.[2][3]
The genus was named for Stepan Krasheninnikov—the early 18th-century Russian botanist and explorer of Siberia and Kamchatka.