Bebbia

Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the daisy family.[1][2]

Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var aspera
Scientific classification
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Bebbia

Species:
B. juncea
Type species
Bebbia juncea
(Benth.) Greene
Synonyms[1]

Carphephorus section Kuhniodes Benth.

It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[4][5]

Species

Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea.[6] The Global Compositae Checklist [7] and The Plant List[8] accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties:

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