Psathyrotes

turtleback

Psathyrotes ramosissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Helenieae^[1]
Genus:	Psathyrotes A.Gray
Type species
Psathyrotes annua^[2] (Nutt.) A.Gray
Synonyms^[1]
Bulbostylis sect. Psathyrotus Nutt. Pseudobartlettia Rydb.

Psathyrotes is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family.^[3] It contains annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America. Common names include turtleback, brittlestem, and fanleaf.

The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor. Leaves are alternate and hairy. The Latin name of the genus (from the Greek psathurotes) refers to the brittleness of the stems.

Species^[1]^[4]

Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) Gray (annual psathyrotes, mealy rosettes, turtleback) - CA NV UT AZ ID
- Synonyms: Bulbostylis annua Nutt.
- Annual or perennial forb
Psathyrotes pilifera Gray (hairy-beast turtleback, hairybeast brittlestem) - NV UT AZ
- Annual forb
Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray (velvet rosette, velvet turtleback, turtleback) - NV UT AZ CA, Baja California, Sonora
- Synonyms: Tetradymia ramosissima Torr.
- Annual or perennial forb or subshrub

formerly included^[1]

see Peucephyllum Psathyrotopsis Trichoptilium

Psathyrotes incisa A.Gray - Trichoptilium incisum (A.Gray) A.Gray
Psathyrotes purpusii Brandegee - Psathyrotopsis purpusii (Brandegee) Rydb.
Psathyrotes scaposa A.Gray - Psathyrotopsis scaposa (A.Gray) H.Rob.
Psathyrotes schottii (A.Gray) A.Gray - Peucephyllum schottii A.Gray

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