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Annual candyleaf

Stevia micrantha

Annual candyleaf
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Arizona to New Mexico and Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Stevia micrantha, the annual candyleaf, is an annual plant native to the southwestern USA and most of Mexico. It belongs to the family Asteraceae.

Where it grows

In the USA, Stevia micrantha is native only to the southeastern corner of the state of Arizona and contiguous southwestern New Mexico. In Mexico, the species occurs nearly throughout, except east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which includes the Yucatan Peninsula.

Other Stevia plants

Metastevia hintonii · Stevia anisostemma · Stevia bertholdii · Stevia crenata · Stevia dianthoidea · Plummer's candyleaf · Candyleaf · Stevia tunguraguensis · Candyleaf

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stevia micrantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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