Pyrrhopappus Dc.

Desert-chicory (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Fls all ligulate and perfect, yellow, numerous; invol campanulate or narrower, calyculate, the inner bracts corniculate-appendaged near the tip; achenes oblong or linear, subterete or fusiform, with 5 broad, cross-rugulose ridges and as many narrow grooves, contracted above into a long, slender beak, which bears a ring of minute, soft, white, reflexed hairs just beneath the pappus of numerous sordid or rufescent capillary bristles. 3, N. Amer.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Pyrrhopappus world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331893-2
WFO ID wfo-4000032318
COL ID 7677
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Synonyms

Pyrrhopappus

Lower taxons

Pyrrhopappus rothrockii Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus Pyrrhopappus carolinianus