Cicendia
Genus of plants
| Cicendia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cicendia filiformis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Tribe: | Chironieae |
| Subtribe: | Chironiinae |
| Genus: | Cicendia Adans. |
| Species | |
| 2: See text. | |
Cicendia is a small genus of plants in the gentian family which contains only two species of tiny yellow annual wildflowers. Cicendia filiformis, the slender cicendia or yellow centaury, is native to Europe and naturalized in other places, such as Australia. Cicendia quadrangularis, the Oregon timwort, is native to western North America and South America.
Species
- Cicendia filformis
- Cicendia quadrangularis
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cicendia.
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- C. filiformis in South Australia
- C. quadrangularis photos
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