Astranthium, or Western-daisy, is a North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Astranthium is native to the United States and Mexico.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Astranthium beamanii DeJong – Nuevo León

• Astranthium ciliatum (Raf.) G.L.Nesom – United States (Southern Plains: Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri)

• Astranthium integrifolium (Michx.) Nutt. – United States: (Cumberland Plateau, Ohio/Tennessee Valley: Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Alabama Georgia West Virginia)

• Astranthium laetificum DeJong - southern Mexico

• Astranthium mexicanum (A.Gray) Larsen – Oaxaca, D.F., Mexico State, Morelos, Hidalgo

• Astranthium orthopodum (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Larsen – Chihuahua, Durango

• Astranthium purpurascens (B.L.Rob.) Larsen – Chiapas, San Luis Potosí

• Astranthium reichei Rzed. – central Mexico

• Astranthium robustum (Shinners) De Jong – United States (western Texas)

• Astranthium splendens DeJong – Nuevo León

• Astranthium xanthocomoides (Less.) Larsen – Hidalgo, Veracruz

• Astranthium xylopodum Larsen – Jalisco

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