Carphochaete

Also known as bristleheads

Carphochaete is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. They are known commonly as bristleheads.

Species

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae

Native toArizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas

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Specimen records: 134
With media: 60
Family: Asteraceae
Collections: INECOL, CIIDIR-IPN, UACH, FCF-UANL, IBUNAM
Recorded in: Mexico

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Carphochaete bigelovii - Flickr - aspidoscelis.jpg

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taxon name: Carphochaete
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2111
topic's main category: Category:Carphochaete
taxon common name: bristlehead

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Carphochaete is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. They are known commonly as bristleheads.

These are branching shrubs and subshrubs usually growing 20 to 45 centimeters tall, but known to well exceed one meter at times. The leaves have glandular pits. They are usually opposite but are sometimes arranged alternately. The flower heads are solitary or paired, or occasionally in arrays of several. They are just a few millimeters wide and usually contain 3 or 4 white, pink, or purple funnel-shaped disc florets, sometimes more. The hairy, ribbed cypsela is tipped with a pappus of long scales.

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