Scabrethia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Wyethia scabra — Matt Lavin 001.jpg

| image_caption = Scabrethia scabra

| status = G4

| status_system = TNC

| genus = Scabrethia

| parent_authority = W.A.Weber

| species = scabra

| authority =(Hook.) W.A.Weber

| synonyms_ref = [http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=e1561163-99bb-4c52-be2d-81dd6426e40d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

| synonyms =

Species synonymy

• Wyethia scabra Hook.

}}

Scabrethia is a monotypic genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13075030#page/24/mode/1up Weber, William Alfred. 1998. Phytologia 85(1): 20–21][http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50200096 Tropicos, Scabrethia W.A. Weber ]

There is only one recognized species, Scabrethia scabra, the badlands mule-ears,{{PLANTS|id=SCSC15|taxon=Scabrethia scabra|accessdate=6 November 2015}} which is native to the western United States (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Scabrethia%20scabra.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map]

;Subspecies

1. Scabrethia scabra subsp. scabra - (Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona
2. Scabrethia scabra subsp. attenuata (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Utah, Arizona, New Mexico
3. Scabrethia scabra subsp. canescens (W.A.Weber) W.A.Weber - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico

The genus was circumscribed by William Alfred Weber in Phytologia vol.85 (1) on page 20 in 1998 (published in 1999).{{cite web |title=Scabrethia W.A.Weber {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20006633-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=7 December 2022 |language=en}}

The genus name of Scabrethia is in honour of Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), who was an American businessman and explorer. Scabrous (meaning rough to the touch) and also Wyethia.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}