Asteraceae
Navajo tea
Thelesperma subnudum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Thelesperma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Navajo tea, Hairy greenthread, Low greenthread
Synonyms
- Thelesperma caespitosum Dorn
- Thelesperma marginatum Rydb.
- Thelesperma pubescens Dorn
- Thelesperma pubescens var. caespitosum (Dorn) C.J.Hansen
- Thelesperma pubescens var. pubescens
- Thelesperma subnudum var. alpinum S.L.Welsh
- Thelesperma subnudum var. caespitosum (Dorn) S.L.Welsh
- Thelesperma subnudum var. marginatum (Rydb.) Cronquist
- Thelesperma subnudum var. pubescens (Dorn) S.L.Welsh
- Thelesperma subnudum var. subnudum
- Thelesperma windhamii C.J.Hansen
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.