| Chaptalia texana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chaptalia |
| Species: | C. texana |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaptalia texana Greene | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chaptalia texana, common name silverpuff, is a North American species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico.
Chaptalia texana is a perennial plant growing from a large root. Leaves are in a basal rosette close to the ground, with dense woolly hairs on the underside but not on top. There is generally only one flower head, held on an unbranched stalk; head is nodding (hanging) at fruiting time but not at flowering time. Flowers are cream-colored, turning reddish as they get old.
References
- The Plant List, Chaptalia texana Greene
- ^ Flora of North America, Silverpuff, Chaptalia texana Greene
- Tropicos, Chaptalia texana Greene
- New Mexico Rare Plants
- Greene, Edward Lee 1906. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 1(14): 191
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas
- Excerpts from Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter