| Sphaeromeria | |
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| Sphaeromeria compacta, Nevada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Anthemideae |
| Genus: | Sphaeromeria Nutt. |
| Type species | |
| Sphaeromeria capitata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sphaeromeria is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.[2]
Sphaeromeria is native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[3] Species are known generally as chickensages.[4] The genus is closely related to Artemisia, and some authors merge the two genera into one.[5]
- Sphaeromeria argentea - silver chickensage - CO ID MT WY NV
- Sphaeromeria cana - gray chickensage - OR CA NV
- Sphaeromeria capitata - rock tansy - MT WY CO UT
- Sphaeromeria compacta - compact chickensage - NV
- Sphaeromeria diversifolia - separateleaf chickensage - NV UT
- Sphaeromeria martirensis - Baja California[8]
- Sphaeromeria potentilloides - fivefinger chickensage - CA NV OR ID
- Sphaeromeria ruthiae - Zion chickensage - UT
- Sphaeromeria simplex - Laramie chickensage - WY
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 401–402 entirely in English
- ^ Flora of North America
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sphaeromeria". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
- ^ The Plant List search for Sphaeromeria
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps, Artemisia Sphaeromeria treated as part of Artemisia
- ^ Turner, B. L. 1996. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 6. Tageteae and Athemideae. Phytologia Memoirs 10: i–ii, 1–22, 43–93