Pleea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Pleea_tenuifolia_CBM.png

| image_caption = 1818 illustration

| genus = Pleea

| parent_authority = Michx.

| species = tenuifolia

| authority = Michx.

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms =

• Ennearina Raf.
• Tofieldia tenuifolia (Michx.) Utech
• Ennearina pleiana Raf.

}}

Pleea is a small genus of flowering plants described as a genus in 1803.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/405023#page/283/mode/1up Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 247–248] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/405023#page/285/mode/1up Michaux, André. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana 1: plate 25] line drawing as illustration{{Cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011169|title=Tropicos {{!}} Name - Pleea Michx.|website=www.tropicos.org|access-date=2017-02-02}} There is only one known species, Pleea tenuifolia, the rush featherling,{{Cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=PLTE3|title=Plants Profile for Pleea tenuifolia (rush featherling)|website=plants.usda.gov|access-date=2017-02-02}} native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina).{{Cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=284435|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=apps.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-02}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220010641|title=Pleea tenuifolia in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2017-02-02}}[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Pleea%20tenuifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map] Image