Psilocarphus
Genus of plants
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Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]
| Psilocarphus | |
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| Psilocarphus brevissimus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Psilocarphus Nutt. |
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Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America.[4]
- 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[1]
Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray