Chaetopappa Explained

Chaetopappa is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae which are known generally as leastdaisies.^{[1] [2]}

These wildflowers are native to western and central North America. The flower heads bear daisies with curled ray florets which may be white to shades of blue and purple, surrounding yellow disc florets.^[3]

Species^{[4] [5] [6]}

• Chaetopappa asteroides - Arkansas leastdaisy - Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana South Carolina Tamaulipas San Luis Potosí Veracruz Hidalgo^[7]
  • Chaetopappa bellidifolia - whiteray leastdaisy - Texas Chaetopappa bellioides - manyflower leastdaisy - Texas New Mexico Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas^[8]
  • Chaetopappa effusa - spreading leastdaisy - Texas Chaetopappa ericoides - rose heath - California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Chihuahua Coahuila Sonora Durango Nuevo León
    • • Chaetopappa hersheyi - Guadalupe leastdaisy - Texas New Mexico Chaetopappa imberbis - awnless leastdaisy - Texas Chaetopappa parryi - Parry's leastdaisy - Texas Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas Chaetopappa plomoensis - Coahuila^[9]
• Chaetopappa pulchella - Coahuila

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151736#page/306/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 301
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005244 Tropicos, Chaetopappa DC.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=106357 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 301. 1836.
4. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Chaetopappa Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
5. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
6. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764055#page/82/mode/1up Shinners, L. H. 1946b. Revision of the genus Chaetopappa DC. Wrightia 1: 63–81.
7. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250068144 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa asteroides (Nuttall) de Candolle var. asteroides
8. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066322 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa bellioides (A. Gray) Shinners, Wrightia. 1: 77. 1946.
9. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10009848#page/24/mode/1up Turner, Billie Lee. 1977. Sida 7(1): 22-23, f. 1