Psathyrotes
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 Psathyrotes ramosissima
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Psathyrotes is a genus of 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.
[edit] Species
- Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) Gray (annual psathyrotes, mealy rosettes, turtleback)
- Synonyms: Bulbostylis annua Nutt.
- Annual or perennial forb
- Psathyrotes pilifera Gray (hairy-beast turtleback, hairybeast brittlestem)
- Annual forb
- Psathyrotes ramosissima (Torr.) Gray (velvet rosette, velvet turtleback, turtleback)
- Synonyms: Tetradymia ramosissima Torr.
- Annual or perennial forb or subshrub
- Psathyrotes scaposa Gray (naked turtleback)
- Synonyms: Psathyrotopsis scaposa (Gray) H.E. Robins.
- Annual or perennial forb
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