Sartwellia Explained

Sartwellia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Tageteae within the family Asteraceae. The common name is glowwort. The genus was named for American botanist Henry Parker Sartwell.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised:^[2]

• Sartwellia flaveriae A.Gray - Chihuahua, New Mexico, western Texas^[3]
• Sartwellia gypsophila A.M.Powell & B.L.Turner - Chihuahua
• Sartwellia humilis I.M.Johnst. - Coahuila, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí
• Sartwellia mexicana A.Gray - Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32449491#page/506/mode/1up Gray, Asa, 1852. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 122–123
2. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Sartwellia&searchField=NameFull Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Sartwellia
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Sartwellia%20flaveriae.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map