# Lessingia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|image = Lessingia_leptoclada_2.jpeg
|image_caption = ''[Lessingia leptoclada](/source/Lessingia_leptoclada)''
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|taxon = Lessingia
|authority = [Cham.](/source/Adelbert_von_Chamisso)
|type_species =	''[Lessingia germanorum](/source/Lessingia_germanorum)''<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005526 Tropicos, ''Lessingia'' Cham.]</ref>
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'''''Lessingia''''' is a genus of plants in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae) which are native to western [North America](/source/North_America). Several species are [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [California](/source/California).<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/95576#page/682/mode/1up Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. 1829.  Linnaea 4(2): plate II (2), figure 2] line drawings of [Lessingia germanorum](/source/Lessingia_germanorum)</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/95576#page/255/mode/1up Chamisso, Ludolf Karl Adelbert von. 1829.  Linnaea 4(2): 203–204] in Latin</ref><ref>Lane, M. A. (1992). New combinations in Californian ''Lessingia'' (Compositae: Astereae). Novon 2:3 213-14.</ref>

''Lessingias'' are generally daisy-like in appearance with white, yellow, or purple flowers, but they vary in appearance. Some lessingias are sometimes treated as members of different genera, such as ''[Benitoa](/source/Benitoa)''. The San Francisco lessingia, ''[Lessingia germanorum](/source/Lessingia_germanorum)'', is an endangered species.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=118327 Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 452 ''Lessingia'' Chamisso, Linnaea. 4: 203, plate 2, fig. 2. 1829. ]</ref><ref>Markos, S. and B. G. Baldwin. 2001. Higher-level relationships and major lineages of ''Lessingia'' (Compositae, Astereae) based on nuclear rDNA internal and external transcribed spacer (ITS and ETS) sequences. Systematic Botany 26: 168–183</ref><ref>Markos, S. 2005. Taxonomic changes in ''Lessingia'' (Compositae: Astereae). Madroño 52: 60–61.</ref>

; Species<ref name=u>[https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for ''Lessingia'' ]</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lessingia The Plant List search for ''Lessingia'']</ref>
* ''[Lessingia arachnoidea](/source/Lessingia_arachnoidea)'' - Crystal Springs lessingia - California (Sonoma, San Mateo, Santa Cruz Cos)
* ''[Lessingia germanorum](/source/Lessingia_germanorum)'' - San Francisco lessingia - [California](/source/California) (San Mateo Co)
* ''[Lessingia glandulifera](/source/Lessingia_glandulifera)'' - valley lessingia - California, Arizona, Nevada
* ''[Lessingia hololeuca](/source/Lessingia_hololeuca)'' - woollyhead lessingia - California (from Yolo + Sonoma Cos to Monterey Co)
* ''[Lessingia lemmonii](/source/Lessingia_lemmonii)'' - Lemmon's lessingia - Arizona, California
* ''[Lessingia leptoclada](/source/Lessingia_leptoclada)'' - Sierra lessingia - California (from Plumas Co to Los Angeles Co)
* ''[Lessingia micradenia](/source/Lessingia_micradenia)'' - Mt. Tamalpais lessingia - California (Marin + Santa Clara Cos)
* ''[Lessingia nana](/source/Lessingia_nana)'' - dwarf lessingia - California (From Tehama Co to Kern Co)
* ''[Lessingia nemaclada](/source/Lessingia_nemaclada)'' - slenderstem lessingia - California (From Siskiyou Co to Kern Co)
* ''[Lessingia pectinata](/source/Lessingia_pectinata)'' - Sonoma lessingia - California (From San Bernardino Co to Contra Coasta + El Dorado Cos)
* ''[Lessingia ramulosa](/source/Lessingia_ramulosa)'' - California (From Tehama Co to Marin Co)
* ''[Lessingia tenuis](/source/Lessingia_tenuis)'' - spring lessingia - California (From Ventura Co to Alameda Co)
* ''[Lessingia virgata](/source/Lessingia_virgata)'' - wand lessingia - California (From Fresno Co to Shasta Co)

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Some species once regarded as part of ''Lessingia'' are now considered more suited to other genera: ''[Artemisia](/source/Artemisia_(genus))'', ''[Benitoa](/source/Benitoa)'', ''[Cacalia](/source/Cacalia)'', ''[Chrysolaena](/source/Chrysolaena)'', ''[Corethrogyne](/source/Corethrogyne)'', ''[Lessingianthus](/source/Lessingianthus)'', ''[Vernonia](/source/Vernonia)''.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LESSI USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1530 Jepson Manual Treatment]

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Category:Lessingia
Category:Asteraceae genera
Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Taxa named by Adelbert von Chamisso

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