Stephanomeria


Stephanomeria is a genus of North American plants also known as wirelettuce, belonging to the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Stephanomeria species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia scarletina, which feeds exclusively on the genus.
; Annual speciesStephanomeria diegensis Gottlieb - San Diego wirelettuce - Baja California, southern California; Hybrid origin: S. exigua х S. virgataStephanomeria elata Nutt. - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - California and Oregon; 2n=32Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + Baja California; 2n=16Stephanomeria hitchcockii Gand. - KansasStephanomeria malheurensis Gottlieb - Malheur wirelettuce - Harney County in Oregon; 2n=16Stephanomeria mexiae M.E.Jones - Chihuahua Stephanomeria paniculata Nutt. - tufted wirelettuce - Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho; 2n=16Stephanomeria virgata Benth. - rod wirelettuce - California, Oregon, Nevada, Baja California; 2n=16
; Perennial speciesStephanomeria cichoriacea A.Gray - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern California; 2n=16Stephanomeria fluminea Gottlieb - Teton wirelettuce - Endemic to northwestern Wyoming; 2n=16Stephanomeria guadalupensis Brandegee - Endemic to Guadalupe Island in Baja California; 2n=16Stephanomeria lactucina A.Gray - woodland wirelettuce - California, Oregon and Nevada; 2n=16Stephanomeria monocephala Moran - Baja California Stephanomeria occultata Wellard & J.W.Baker - Endemic to Weber River corridor, Northern Utah; 2n=16 Stephanomeria parryi A.Gray - Parry's wirelettuce - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah; 2n=32Stephanomeria pauciflora A.Nelson - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico ; 2n=16Stephanomeria runcinata Nutt. - desert wirelettuce - Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, Alberta, Saskatchewan; 2n=16Stephanomeria tenuifolia H.M.Hall - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Baja California; 2n=16Stephanomeria thurberi A.Gray - Thurber's wirelettuce - New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, Texas; 2n=16
; formerly included
see ''Chaetadelpha Microseris Munzothamnus Pleiacanthus Prenanthella''