Nesothamnus incanus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Guadalupe Island, a Mexican Pacific island off the west coast of Baja California.[1]
| Nesothamnus | |
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| Nesothamnus incanus at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Nesothamnus Rydb. (1914) |
| Species: | N. incanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesothamnus incanus (A.Gray) Rydb. (1914) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Perityle incana A.Gray (1876) | |
The species was first named Perityle incana by Asa Gray in 1876. In 1914 Per Axel Rydberg placed it in the monotypic genus Nesothamnus as Nesothamnus incanus.[1]