Psilocarphus

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Psilocarphus
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Psilocarphus brevissimus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Psilocarphus
Nutt.
Synonyms [1]
  • BezanillaJ.Rémy

Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. [2] [3]

Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America. [4]

Species [1] [5] [6]
formerly included [1]

Psilocarphus caulescensBenth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray

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