Wilkesia | |
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Wilkesia gymnoxiphium | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Madieae |
Genus: |
Wilkesia A.Gray |
Type species | |
Wilkesia gymnoxiphium A.Gray, 1852 |
Wilkesia is a genus of Hawaiian plants in the tarweed-silversword tribe within the sunflower family. It contains two perennials, both of which are endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi. Wilkesia is a component of the silversword alliance.
Wilkesia grayana - Argyroxiphium grayanum