Psilocarphus
| woolly marbles woollyheads | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Psilocarphus brevissimus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae[1] |
| Genus: | Psilocarphus Nutt. |
| 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]
- Psilocarphus brevissimus - BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT WY MT, Baja California, Chile, Argentina
- Psilocarphus chilensis - CA, Chile
- Psilocarphus elatior - BC WA OR CA ID MT
- Psilocarphus globiferus - Chile, Argentina
- Psilocarphus oregonus - CA OR WA NV ID, Baja California
- Psilocarphus tenellus - BC CA OR WA ID MT, Baja California
- formerly included[1]
Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 340–341 descriptions and commentary in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Psilocarphus Nutt.
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 456 Woolly marbles, woollyheads, Psilocarphus Nuttall
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- ↑ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.