Chaptalia texana

Silverpuff
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chaptalia
Species: C. texana
Binomial name
Chaptalia texana
Greene
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 sunflower family. 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]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chaptalia texana Greene
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America, Silverpuff, Chaptalia texana Greene
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Chaptalia texana Greene
  4. ↑ New Mexico Rare Plants
  5. ↑ Greene, Edward Lee 1906. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 1(14): 191

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