Chaptalia texana

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Chaptalia texana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chaptalia
Species:
C. texana
Binomial name
Chaptalia texana
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaptalia carduacea Greene
  • Chaptalia leonina Greene
  • Chaptalia nutans var. texana (Greene) Burkart
  • Chaptalia petrophila Greene

Chaptalia texana, common name silverpuff , is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico.[2][3][4]

Chaptalia texana is a perennial plant growing from a large root. Leaves are in a basal rosette close to the ground, with dense woolly hairs on the underside but not on top. There is generally only one flower head, held on an unbranched stalk; head is nodding (hanging) at fruiting time but not at flowering time. Flowers are cream-colored, turning reddish as they get old.[2][5]

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