Diaperia candida
| Diaperia candida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Diaperia |
| Species: | D. candida |
| Binomial name | |
| Diaperia candida (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Diaperia candida, common names silver pygmycudweed[2] and silver rabbit-tobacco, is a plant species in the sunflower family, native to the south-central part of the United States: Texas, western Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma.[3]
Diaperia candida is an annual herb with leaves that appear silvery because of woolly hairs pressed against the surface. One plant generally has several small flower heads.[4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Diaperia candida (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.
- ↑ "Evax candida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Silver rabbit-tobacco, Diaperia candida (Torrey & A. Gray) Bentham & Hooker f., Gen. Pl. 2: 298. 1873.
- ↑ Gray, Asa. 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 230. description in English, as Evax candida
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