Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.Flora of North AmericaJepson Manual: Tidestromia
Species include:Tidestomia. USDA PLANTS Profile. Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet
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