Psilocarphus Explained

Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America.^[3]

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

• Psilocarphus brevissimus - BC ALB SAS WA OR CA NV ID UT WY MT, Baja California, Chile, Argentina
• Psilocarphus chilensis - CA, Chile
• Psilocarphus elatior - BC WA OR CA ID MT
• Psilocarphus globiferus - Chile, Argentina
• Psilocarphus oregonus - CA OR WA NV ID, Baja California
• Psilocarphus tenellus - BC CA OR WA ID MT, Baja California

formerly included^[4] Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray

External links

• USDA Plants Profile

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36318061#page/362/mode/1up Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 340–341
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018848 Tropicos, Psilocarphus Nutt.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250068661 Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 456 Woolly marbles, woollyheads, Psilocarphus Nuttall
4. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
5. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Psilocarphus Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
6. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica 42: 1–157.