Geraea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Redirect|Desert sunflower|the species not of this genus commonly known as "desert sunflower"|Helianthus deserticola}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Geraea canescens 2005-02-20.jpg

|image_caption = Geraea canescens

|taxon = Geraea

|authority = Torr. & A.Gray, 1847

|type_species = Geraea canescens

|type_species_authority = Torr. & A.Gray

}}

Geraea is a genus of the family Asteraceae from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, commonly called the desert sunflower.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5465889#page/54/mode/1up Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1847. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 48–49] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013743 Tropicos, Geraea Torr. & A. Gray ]

; Species[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4456df54-02b8-4dce-9d61-ba7de30262ae Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Geraea The Plant List, search for Geraea][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113472 Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 122, Desert-sunflower Geraea Torrey & A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 1: 48. 1847. ][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Geraea Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]

• Geraea canescens Torr. & A.Gray - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah
• Geraea viscida (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - California (San Diego + Imperial Counties), Baja California