Atrichoseris
| Atrichoseris platyphylla | |
|---|---|
| |
| Atrichoseris platyphylla at Lake Mead | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Tribe: | |
| Subtribe: | |
| Genus: | Atrichoseris
|
| Species: | A. platyphylla
|
| Binomial name | |
| Atrichoseris platyphylla | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Atrichoseris is a genus of plants in the dandelion family.[2][1] It contains only one known species, Atrichoseris platyphylla, known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost.[3]
Atrichoseris platyphylla is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, Nevada and the southwestern corner of Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). It produces a low basal rosette of rounded leaves patterned with gray-green and purple patches at ground level. It sends up a weedy-looking thin branching stem topped with a number of attractive, fragrant white or pink-tinged flowers, the layered ray florets rectangular and toothed.[4][5]
References
External links
 | This Cichorieae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |