Diaperia candida

Diaperia candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Diaperia
Species: D. candida
Binomial name
Diaperia candida
Synonyms[1]
  • Calymmandra candida Torr. & A.Gray
  • Evax candida (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray
  • Filago candida (Torr. & A.Gray) Shinners

Diaperia candida, common names silver pygmycudweed[2] and silver rabbit-tobacco, is a plant species in the sunflower family, native to the south-central part of the United States: Texas, western Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma.[3]

Diaperia candida is an annual herb with leaves that appear silvery because of woolly hairs pressed against the surface. One plant generally has several small flower heads.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Diaperia candida (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.
  2. ↑ "Evax candida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Silver rabbit-tobacco, Diaperia candida (Torrey & A. Gray) Bentham & Hooker f., Gen. Pl. 2: 298. 1873.
  5. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 230. description in English, as Evax candida


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