Tidestromia Explained

Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.^{[1] [2]}

Species include:^[3]

• Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
• Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
• Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
• Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
• Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet

References

• Book: Everitt . J.H. . Lonard . R.L. . Little . C.R. . Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico . Texas Tech University Press . Lubbock . 2007.

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=132996 Flora of North America
2. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?290,312 Jepson Manual: Tidestromia
3. http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=TIDES&display=63 Tidestomia.