Genus Tetraneuris (Noun)
Meaning
Genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Tetraneuris is a small genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family that are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
- Tetraneuris acaulis, a plant of the genus Tetraneuris, has flowers with petals that are hairy and are colored bright yellow.
- In New Mexico, species of the genus Tetraneuris grow on rocky hillsides in a habitat known as "bajada" vegetation.
- Members of the genus Tetraneuris typically bloom from February to April in Arizona and can bloom at elevations as low as 300 feet.
- In Nevada, a type of butterflyweed that is in the genus Tetraneuris, known as Tetraneuris iodantha, can grow at an elevation as high as 7500 feet.