| Stevia plummerae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Stevia |
| Species: | S. plummerae
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| Binomial name | |
| Stevia plummerae A. Gray[1]
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Stevia plummerae, or Plummer's candyleaf,[2] is a plant species known from Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua, Sonora and Durango.[3] It is an herb up to 80 cm tall, with white, pink or red flowers. Leaves are opposite in arrangement with coarsely serrated margins.[4] It tends to grow in pine forests at an elevation of 2,000–3,000 m (6,600–9,800 ft).[4]
- ^ A. Gray, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 204–205. 1882.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stevia plummerae". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ Flora of North America 21:485
- ^ a b "Stevia plummerae var. plummerae in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.