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Krascheninnikovia

Krascheninnikovia

Taxobox
name = "Krascheninnikovia"


image_width = 260px
image_caption = "Krascheninnikovia lanata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Amaranthaceae
subfamilia = Chenopodioideae
genus = "Krascheninnikovia"
genus_authority = Guldenstaedt
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =About 8, see text

"Krascheninnikovia" is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family known generally as winterfat. They are known from Eurasia and western North America. These are hairy perennials or small shrubs which may be monoecious or dioecious. They bear spike inflorescences of woolly flowers.

Species include:
*"Krascheninnikovia arborescens"
*"Krascheninnikovia ceratoides"
*"Krascheninnikovia compacta"
*"Krascheninnikovia ewersmannia"
*"Krascheninnikovia lanata"

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3084,3187 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KRASC USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=117271 Flora of North America]


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