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|accepted_name=Stevia lemmonii
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=17: 204. 1882
|year=1882
}}
|common_names=Lemmon’s candyleaf
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Stevia;Stevia lemmonii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Stevia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Stevia lemmonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 484
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or subshrubs, 40–100 cm. <b>Leaves</b> opposite; petioles (0–)3–6 mm; blades elliptic-oblong to lance-elliptic, 3–8 cm, margins serrate or entire. <b>Heads</b> in ± congested, compact clusters. <b>Peduncles</b> 0 or 1–2 mm, hirsutulous. <b>Involucres</b> 5–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> densely stipitate-glandular and sparsely villous to hispid, apices acute. <b>Corollas</b> white, lobes hispidulous. <b>Pappi</b> coroniform (scales shorter than corollas).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Apr–May(–Sep).
|habitat=Rocky slopes, road cuts, streamsides, oak-juniper, pine-oak, and cottonwood-sycamore woodlands
|elevation=900–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Stevia</i> hispidula (Grashoff) B. L. Turner, based on <i>S. lemmonii</i> var. hispidula Grashoff, is illegitimate; it is a later homonym of S. hispidula de Candolle.</p>
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name=Stevia lemmonii
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Apr–May(–Sep).
|habitat=Rocky slopes, road cuts, streamsides, oak-juniper, pine-oak, and cottonwood-sycamore woodlands
|elevation=900–1700 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1882
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Stevia
|species=Stevia lemmonii
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