Gamochaeta sphacelata
| Gamochaeta sphacelata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Gamochaeta |
| Species: | G. sphacelata |
| Binomial name | |
| Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera 1961 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gamochaeta sphacelata, called Owl’s crown, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is widespread across South America, Central America, and Mexico with the distribution just barely crossing the Río Grande into western Texas.[3][4]
Gamochaeta sphacelata is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 3-5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
- 1 2 Flora of North America, Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera, 1961. Owl’s crown
- ↑ Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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