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Psilocarphus

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woolly marbles
woollyheads
Psilocarphus brevissimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Gnaphalieae[1]
Genus:
Psilocarphus

Synonyms[1]

Bezanilla J.Rémy

Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the pussy's-toes tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native western North America and southern South America.[4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Psilocarphus brevissimus - BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT WY MT, Baja California, Chile, Argentina
  2. Psilocarphus chilensis - CA, Chile
  3. Psilocarphus elatior - BC WA OR CA ID MT
  4. Psilocarphus globiferus - Chile, Argentina
  5. Psilocarphus oregonus - CA OR WA NV ID, Baja California
  6. Psilocarphus tenellus - BC CA OR WA ID MT, Baja California
formerly included[1]

Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray

References

  1. ^ a b c d Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 340–341 descriptions and commentary in English
  3. ^ Tropicos, Psilocarphus Nutt.
  4. ^ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 456 Woolly marbles, woollyheads, Psilocarphus Nuttall
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.


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