Psilostrophe
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Psilostrophe is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

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Species include:
  • Psilostrophe bakeri Greene - native to Colorado
    Colorado
    Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

     and Idaho
    Idaho
    Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

  • Psilostrophe cooperi
    Psilostrophe cooperi
    Psilostrophe cooperi is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names Cooper's paper daisy and whitestem paperflower. It is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of California, the Southwestern United States, and northwestern Mexico.-Description:Psilostrophe cooperi is a low,...

    (A. Gray) Greene - native to southwestern United States and northern Mexico
    Mexico
    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

  • Psilostrophe gnaphalodes DC.- native to Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

     and northern Mexico
  • Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A. Gray) A. Nelson - green-stem paperflower, native to New Mexico
    New Mexico
    New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

     and Utah
    Utah
    Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

  • Psilostrophe tagetina
    Psilostrophe tagetina
    Psilostrophe tagetina is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Woolly paperflower . It is native to Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and northwestern Mexico.-Uses:...

    (Nutt.) Greene - marigold paperflower, native to New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Arizona, Utah and Northern Mexico


Also there are two varieties of Psilostrophe tagetina: Psilostrophe tagetina var. cerifera and Psilostrophe tagetina var. tagetina.
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