''Psilocarphus'' is a
genus
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of flowering plants in the tribe
Gnaphalieae
The Gnaphalieae are a tribe of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is most closely related to the tribes Anthemideae, Astereae, and Calenduleae.
Characteristics
This group is most diverse in South America, Southern Africa and Australi ...
within the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
.
''Psilocarphus'' is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western
North America
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and southern
South America
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; Species
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Psilocarphus brevissimus
''Psilocarphus brevissimus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names short woollyheads, woolly marbles, and woolly heads.
The plant is native to western North America — from southwestern Canada, throug ...
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Baja California
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Chile
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Argentina
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Psilocarphus chilensis
''Psilocarphus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
''Psilocarphus'' is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America.
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Chile
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Psilocarphus elatior
''Psilocarphus elatior'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names tall woollyheads, meadow woollyheads and tall woolly-marbles. It is native to the Pacific Northwest in western North America from Vancouve ...
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Psilocarphus globiferus
''Psilocarphus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
''Psilocarphus'' is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America.
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Chile
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Argentina
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Psilocarphus oregonus
''Psilocarphus oregonus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names Oregon woollyheads and Oregon woolly marbles. It is native to western North America from Washington and Idaho to Baja California, where i ...
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Baja California
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Psilocarphus tenellus
''Psilocarphus tenellus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names slender woollyheads and slender woolly marbles. It is native to western North America from far southwestern British Columbia to Baja Cali ...
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Baja California
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''Psilocarphus caulescens'' Benth.- '']Hesperevax caulescens
''Hesperevax caulescens'' is a small flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. One common name for the plant is hogwallow starfish, as it is a somewhat flat, star-shaped plant which grows in mud. Another common name is dwarf dwarf-cudweed, as the ...
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References
External links
USDA Plants Profile
Asteraceae genera
Gnaphalieae
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