{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Redirect|Desert sunflower|the species not of this genus commonly known as "desert sunflower"|Helianthus deserticola}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Geraea canescens 2005-02-20.jpg |image_caption = ''Geraea canescens'' |taxon = Geraea |authority = Torr. & A.Gray, 1847 |type_species = ''Geraea canescens'' |type_species_authority = Torr. & A.Gray }}
'''''Geraea''''' is a genus of the family Asteraceae from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, commonly called the '''desert sunflower'''.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5465889#page/54/mode/1up Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1847. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 48–49] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013743 Tropicos, ''Geraea'' Torr. & A. Gray ]</ref>
; Species<ref name=h>{{Cite web |url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4456df54-02b8-4dce-9d61-ba7de30262ae |title=Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist |access-date=2014-11-28 |archive-date=2014-11-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141130064434/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4456df54-02b8-4dce-9d61-ba7de30262ae |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Geraea The Plant List, search for ''Geraea'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113472 Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 122, Desert-sunflower ''Geraea'' Torrey & A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 1: 48. 1847. ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Geraea Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref> * ''Geraea canescens'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small> - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah * ''Geraea viscida'' <small>(A.Gray) S.F.Blake</small> - California (San Diego + Imperial Counties), Baja California
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1234 Jepson Manual Treatment] * [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GERAE USDA Plants Profile]
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Category:Heliantheae Category:Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray Category:Taxa named by John Torrey
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