Gamochaeta sphacelata
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Tribe: | Gnaphalieae
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Species: | G. sphacelata
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Binomial name | |
Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera 1961
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Gamochaeta sphacelata, called Owl's crown,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is widespread across South America, Central America, and Mexico with the distribution just barely crossing the Río Grande into western Texas.[3][4]
Gamochaeta sphacelata is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 3–5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2]
References[]
- ^ Tropicos, Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
- ^ Jump up to: a b Flora of North America, Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera, 1961. Owl’s crown
- ^ Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Gnaphalieae
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of South America
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Texas
- Plants described in 1818
- Taxa named by Carl Sigismund Kunth
- Taxa named by Ángel Lulio Cabrera
- Gnaphalieae stubs