title: Arida (plant)
text: # Arida (plant)
  
  Arida is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
  
  * Arida arizonica (R.C.Jacks. & R.R.Johnson) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - California Arizona Nevada, Sonora
  * Arida blepharophylla (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Texas New Mexico Chihuahua
  * Arida mattturneri B.L.Turner & G.L.Nesom - Texas
  * Arida parviflora (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona New Mexico Texas Colorado Utah Chihuahua, Coahuila
  * Arida riparia (Kunth) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Arizona New Mexico Sonora Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas, Guanajuato
  * Arida turneri (M.L.Arnold & R.C.Jacks.) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm. - Chihuahua, Coahuila
  
  ## formerly included
  
  now considered as being in Machaeranthera
  
  * Arida carnosa (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm., Synonym of Machaeranthera carnosa (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
  * Arida coulteri (A.Gray) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm., Synonym of Machaeranthera coulteri (A.Gray) B.L.Turner & D.B.Horne
  * Arida crispa (Brandegee) D.R.Morgan & R.L.Hartm., Synonym of Machaeranthera crispa (Brandegee) B.L.Turner & D.B.Horne
  