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Asteraceae

Seeman's sunbonnets

Leibnitzia lyrata (Sch.Bip.) G.L.Nesom

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Leibnitzia

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Seeman's sunbonnets: Leibnitzia lyrata in Thousandmile Canyon, Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, 19 May 2012.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Seeman's sunbonnets, Leibnitzia lyrata,

Synonyms

  • Chaptalia alsophila Greene
  • Chaptalia confinis Greene
  • Chaptalia ehrenbergii Hemsl.
  • Chaptalia leucocephala Greene
  • Chaptalia lyrata D.Don
  • Chaptalia mexicana Burkart
  • Chaptalia monticola Greene
  • Chaptalia potosina Greene
  • Chaptalia seemannii (Sch.Bip.) Hemsl.
  • Chaptalia sonchifolia Greene
  • Gerbera ehrenbergii Sch.Bip.
  • Gerbera lyrata Sch.Bip.
  • Gerbera seemannii Sch.Bip.
  • Hieracium stipitatum Jacq.
  • Leibnitzia seemannii (Sch.Bip.) G.L.Nesom
  • Thyrsanthema ehrenbergii Kuntze
  • Thyrsanthema lyrata (D.Don) Kuntze
  • Thyrsanthema seemannii (Sch.Bip.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.