PLANTS Profile for Psilostrophe sparsiflora (greenstem paperflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson
greenstem paperflower

Symbol:

PSSP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, TX, Big Bend National Park, Santa Elena Canyon. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

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Synonyms:
Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

RITAS

Riddellia tagetina (Nutt.) Greene var. sparsiflora A. Gray

Distribution:
Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson


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USA (AZ, NM, UT)

Related Taxa:
Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 5 species in Psilostrophe

Classification:
Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Psilostrophe DC. – paperflower
Species	Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson – greenstem paperflower

More Accounts and Images:
Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38315.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:03 PM CDT