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Gamochaeta sphacelata

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Species of flowering plant

Gamochaeta sphacelata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species: G. sphacelata
Binomial name
Gamochaeta sphacelata
(Kunth) Cabrera 1961
Synonyms
  • Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
  • Gnaphalium sphacilatum Kunth
  • Gnaphalium purpureum var. sphacelatum (Kunth) Speg.

Gamochaeta sphacelata, the owl's crown, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, and Mexico with the distribution just barely crossing the Río Grande into western Texas.

Gamochaeta sphacelata is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 3–5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.

References

  1. Tropicos, Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera, 1961. Owl’s crown
  3. Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Taxon identifiers
Gamochaeta sphacelata


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