Chaptalia texana

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]

Silverpuff
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Chaptalia
Species:
C. texana
Binomial name
Chaptalia texana
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaptalia carduacea Greene
  • Chaptalia leonina Greene
  • Chaptalia nutans var. texana (Greene) Burkart
  • Chaptalia petrophila Greene

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. 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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