{{short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Stephanomeria_virgata.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Stephanomeria virgata]]'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Stephanomeria | authority = [[Nutt.]] | type_species = ''[[Stephanomeria tenuifolia|Stephanomeria minor]]''<ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005788 Tropicos, Stephanomeria Nutt.]</ref><br>(syn of ''S. tenuifolia)''<ref>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=fd316880-ed3c-454e-97e8-0ed2bcd7c3cd Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist, ''Stephanomeria minor'' (Hook.) Nutt.]</ref> | type_species_authority = ([[Hook.]]) [[Nutt.]] | synonyms_ref = <ref name=j/> | synonyms = * ''Hemiptilium'' <small>A.Gray</small> * ''Ptiloria'' <small>Raf.</small> }}
'''''Stephanomeria''''' is a genus of [[North America]]n plants also known as '''wirelettuce''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=STEPH|taxon=Stephanomeria|accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref> belonging to the tribe [[Cichorieae]] within the family [[Asteraceae]].<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318148#page/449/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 427–428] in English</ref><ref name=Lee2001>Lee, J., Baldwin, B., and Gottlieb, L.D.; ''Phylogeny of ''Stephanomeria'' and related genera (compositae-lactuceae) bed on analysis of 18S-26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences''; American Journal of Botany. 2002; 89:160-168</ref>
''Stephanomeria'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including ''[[Schinia scarletina]]'', which feeds exclusively on the genus.
; Annual species<ref name=j>[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/compositaeweb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=04179b07-c69b-4045-b50a-47525a26dd04 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ''Stephanomeria'']</ref><ref name="bonap.net">[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Stephanomeria Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref><ref>CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.</ref> * ''[[Stephanomeria diegensis]]'' <small>Gottlieb</small> - San Diego wirelettuce - [[Baja California]], southern [[California]]; Hybrid origin: ''S. exigua х S. virgata''<ref>Gallez G.P.L.D., Gottlieb 1982 ''Genetic evidence for the hybrid origin of the diploid plant'' ''Stephanomeria diegensis''. Evolution 36: 1158-1167</ref> * ''[[Stephanomeria elata]]'' <small>Nutt.</small> - Santa Barbara wirelettuce - [[California]] and [[Oregon]]; 2n=32 * ''[[Stephanomeria exigua]]'' <small>Nutt.</small> - small wirelettuce - widespread throughout western United States + [[Baja California]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria hitchcockii]]'' <small>Gand.</small> - [[Kansas]] * ''[[Stephanomeria malheurensis]]'' <small>Gottlieb</small> - Malheur wirelettuce - [[Harney County]] in [[Oregon]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria mexiae]]'' <small>M.E.Jones</small> - [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] * ''[[Stephanomeria paniculata]]'' <small>Nutt.</small> - tufted wirelettuce - [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Idaho]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria virgata]]'' <small>Benth.</small> - rod wirelettuce - [[California]], [[Oregon]], [[Nevada]], [[Baja California]]; 2n=16
; Perennial species<ref name="j"/><ref name="bonap.net"/><ref>CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México.</ref>
* ''[[Stephanomeria cichoriacea]]'' <small>A.Gray</small> - chicoryleaf wirelettuce - southern [[California]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria fluminea]]'' <small>Gottlieb</small> - Teton wirelettuce - [[Endemic]] to northwestern [[Wyoming]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria guadalupensis]]'' <small>Brandegee</small> - [[Endemic]] to [[Guadalupe Island]] in [[Baja California]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria lactucina]]'' <small>A.Gray</small> - woodland wirelettuce - [[California]], [[Oregon]] and [[Nevada]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria monocephala]]'' <small>Moran</small> - [[Baja California]] * ''[[Stephanomeria occultata]]'' <small>Wellard & J.W.Baker</small> - Endemic to [[Weber River]] corridor, Northern [[Utah]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria parryi]]'' <small>A.Gray</small> - Parry's wirelettuce - [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]]; 2n=32 * ''[[Stephanomeria pauciflora]]'' <small>(Torr.) A.Nelson</small> - Brownplume wirelettuce - widespread, southwestern United States; Mexico ([[Baja California]], [[Sonora]], [[Coahuila]]); 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria runcinata]]'' <small>Nutt.</small> - desert wirelettuce - [[Colorado]], [[Montana]], [[Nebraska]], [[Utah]], [[Wyoming]], [[North Dakota]], [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria tenuifolia]]'' <small>(Raf.) H.M.Hall</small> - narrow-leaved wirelettuce - western United States; [[Saskatchewan]], [[British Columbia]], [[Baja California]]; 2n=16 * ''[[Stephanomeria thurberi]]'' <small>A.Gray</small> - Thurber's wirelettuce - [[New Mexico]], [[Arizona]], [[Sonora]], [[Texas]]; 2n=16
; formerly included see ''[[Chaetadelpha]] [[Microseris]] [[Munzothamnus]] [[Pleiacanthus]] [[Prenanthella]]'' {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * ''Stephanomeria blairii - [[Munzothamnus blairii]]'' * ''Stephanomeria intermedia - [[Microseris nutans]]'' * ''Stephanomeria minima - [[Prenanthella exigua]]'' * ''Stephanomeria spinosa - [[Pleiacanthus spinosus]]'' * ''[[Stephanomeria wheeleri]] - [[Chaetadelpha wheeleri]]'' }}
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