Diaperia verna

Diaperia verna, common names spring pygmycudweed,[2] spring rabbit-tobacco or many-stem rabbit-tobacco, is a plant species in the sunflower family, native to northern Mexico (from Sonora to Tamaulipas) and the southern United States (from Arizona to Louisiana, with isolated populations (possibly introductions) in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina).

Diaperia verna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Diaperia
Species:
D. verna
Binomial name
Diaperia verna
Synonyms[1]
  • Diaperia multicaulis (DC.) Nutt.
  • Evax nivea (Small) Cory
  • Evax verna Raf.
  • Filaginopsis multicaulis (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Filago nivea Small
  • Filago verna (Raf.) Shinners
  • Diaperia drummondii (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth., syn of var. drummondii
  • Filaginopsis drummondii Torr. & A.Gray, syn of var. drummondii

Diaperia verna is an herb with greenish or grayish leaves due to a coating of woolly hairs. One plant usually produces several flower heads, the corollas hidden by surrounding bracts.[3]

Varieties[1][3]

References
  1. The Plant List, Diaperia verna (Raf.) Morefield
  2. "Evax verna". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, Spring or many-stem rabbit-tobacco, Diaperia verna (Rafinesque) Morefield, Novon. 14: 468. 2004.


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