title: Cnicothamnus
text: # Cnicothamnus
  
  Cnicothamnus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its species are small trees which can reach 5m in height, bearing alternate ovate and dentate leaves with a whitish pubescence. The inflorescences, borne at branch tips, are bell-shaped capitula of a bright orange colour, and usually appear during local winter. Their fruit (which can be described as a cypsela) bears a rough plume.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Cnicothamnus azafran, native to Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay
  * Cnicothamnus lorentzii, native to Argentina and Bolivia
  