Chaptalia texana

Silverpuff
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chaptalia
Species:	C. texana
Binomial name
	Chaptalia texana; Greene
Synonyms
	Chaptalia carduacea Greene; Chaptalia leonina Greene; Chaptalia nutans var. texana (Greene) Burkart; Chaptalia petrophila Greene;

Chaptalia texana, common name Silverpuff , is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Chaptalia texana is a perennial plant growing from a large root. Leaves are in a basal rosette close to the ground, with dense woolly hairs on the underside but not on top. There is generally only one flower head, held on an unbranched stalk; head is nodding (hanging) at fruiting time but not at flowering time. Flowers are cream-colored, turning reddish as they get old.^[2]^[5]

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[1] The Plant List, Chaptalia texana Greene

[r-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Flora of North America, Silverpuff, Chaptalia texana Greene

[3] Tropicos, Chaptalia texana Greene

[4] New Mexico Rare Plants

[5] Greene, Edward Lee 1906. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 1(14): 191

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