Tidestromia
Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyAmaranthaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish
Native toArizona, California, Colorado, Dominican Republic, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico
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Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.
Species include: Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet