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Asteraceae

Perkysue

Tetraneuris argentea Greene

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Tetraneuris

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Perkysue: Tetraneuris argentea 1171, west side of Forest Road 289 on the east side of Cochiti Canyon, ca. 7500 feet, 5 May 2010.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Perkysue

Synonyms

  • Actinea argentea Kuntze
  • Actinea leptoclada var. leptoclada
  • Actinella argentea A.Gray
  • Hymenoxys argentea (A.Gray) K.F.Parker
  • Hymenoxys argentea var. argentea
  • Tetraneuris argentea var. thoreauensis (N.D.Atwood, S.L.Welsh & A.Clifford) Bierner & B.L.Turner
  • Tetraneuris formosa Greene ex Wooton & Standl.
  • Tetraneuris leptoclada Greene
  • Tetraneuris trinervata Greene

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.