{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Conoclinium coelestinum.jpg | image_caption = ''Conoclinium coelestinum'' | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Conoclinium | authority = DC. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Conoclinium betonicifolium'' * ''Conoclinium coelestinum'' * ''Conoclinium dissectum'' * ''Conoclinium mayfieldii'' }}
'''''Conoclinium''''', the '''mistflowers''', is a genus of four<ref name="fna">{{eFloras|1|107871|Conoclinium |first1=Thomas F. |last1=Patterson |first2=Guy L. |last2=Nesom |volume=21 }}</ref> species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants, native to North America. They are {{convert|0.5|to|2|m|ft}} tall, and have blue to purple or violet flowers (occasionally white).
The plants of this genus have sometimes been classified in the genus ''Eupatorium'', but late 20th century research shows they are more closely related to other plants of the Eupatorieae, such as ''Ageratum''.<ref name="schmidt">{{cite journal |title=Phylogeny and biogeography of ''Eupatorium'' (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data |author1=Gregory J. Schmidt |author2=Edward E. Schilling |journal=American Journal of Botany |year=2000 |volume=87 |issue=5 |pages=716–726 |pmid=10811796 |doi=10.2307/2656858 |jstor=2656858 |publisher=Botanical Society of America |doi-access=free }}</ref>
The generic name is derived from the Greek words {{lang|grc|κῶνος}} ({{grc-tr|κῶνος}}), meaning "cone", and {{lang|grc|κλινίον}} ({{grc-tr|κλινίον}}), meaning "little bed".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=esMPU5DHEGgC |first=Umberto |last=Quattrocchi |title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C |year=2000 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-8493-2675-2 |page=602 }}</ref>
== Species == * ''Conoclinium betonicifolium'' is found in Texas, Mexico, Guatemala<ref name="fna"/><ref name=leigh>Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272</ref> * ''Conoclinium coelestinum'' (blue mistflower) is native to eastern and central North America, from Ontario south as far as Florida and Texas.<ref name="plants">{{PLANTS |symbol=COCO13 |taxon=Conoclinium coelestinum }}</ref> It is often grown as a garden plant, although it does have a tendency to spread and take over a garden.<ref>{{NPIN|COCO13|Conoclinium coelestinum }}</ref> It is recommended for habitat restoration (within its native range), especially in wet soils.<ref name="plants"/><ref>{{cite web |publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |work=Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping: Chesapeake Bay Watershed |title=''Conoclinium coelestinum'' (''Eupatorium coelestinum'') |url=http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1404.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127202913/http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1404.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 November 2004 }}</ref> * ''Conoclinium dissectum'' (synonym ''C. greggii'') is found in the southern United States and Mexico (Arizona, Tamaulipas, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).<ref name="fna"/><ref name=leigh/> * ''Conoclinium mayfieldii'' is found in northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Tamaulipas)<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12980696#page/34/mode/1up Patterson, T. F. 1996. Phytologia 80: 104-107]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Conoclinium|''Conoclinium''}} * {{Wikispecies-inline|Conoclinium|''Conoclinium''}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070319180647/http://biology.missouristate.edu/Herbarium/Plants%20of%20the%20Interior%20Highlands/Flowers/Eupatorium%20coelestinum%20-%201.jpg ''C. coelestinum'' photo] from ''Photographs of flowering plants of the Ozarks and the interior highlands of North America'', by Paul L. Redfearn, Jr.
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Category:Eupatorieae Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of Northern America
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