Diaperia Explained

Diaperia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae,^[1] formerly considered part of Evax. Common names include "rabbit's tobacco" and "dwarf cudweed." These are annual herbs native to the northern Mexico and the central and southern United States, primarily the Great Plains.^{[2] [3]}

Species^{[4] [5]}

• • Diaperia candida, silver rabbit-tobacco - Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Diaperia prolifera, big-head rabbit-tobacco - Texas Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado Kansas Wyoming Montana Nebraska South Dakota Missouri Mississippi Alabama South Carolina
• Diaperia verna, spring or many-stem rabbit-tobacco - Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Arizona New Mexico Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas Alabama Georgia South Carolina

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318058#page/359/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 337–338
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=109799 Flora of North America v 21 p 460
3. Shinners, L. H. 1951. The Texas species of Evax (Compositae). Field & Lab. 19: 125–126.
4. https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Diaperia
5. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Diaperia Biota of North America Program 201 county distribution maps