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Corethrogyne filaginifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Astereae

Higher classification
  
Corethrogyne

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Corethrogyne

Rank
  
Species

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Scientific name
  
Corethrogyne filaginifolia

Similar
  
Lessingia, Daisy family, Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Pseudognaphalium californicum, Heterotheca grandiflora

Corethrogyne filaginifolia (syn. Lessingia filaginifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names common sandaster and California aster.

Corethrogyne filaginifolia Corethrogyne filaginifolia Silver carpet Common Corethrogyne

The taxonomy of this plant and certain relatives is currently changing; recently the Corethrogynes have been grouped together under the name Lessingia filaginifolia, and then moved back to genus Corethrogyne as a single species with many synonyms.

It is native to western North America from the southwestern corner of Oregon through California to Baja California, where it is a common member of many plant communities, including chaparral and woodlands, forests, scrub, grasslands, and the serpentine soils flora.

Corethrogyne filaginifolia Corethrogyne filaginifolia Silver carpet Common Corethrogyne

Description

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Corethrogyne filaginifolia is a robust perennial herb or subshrub producing a simple to multibranched stem approaching 1 metre (3.3 ft) in maximum length or height. The densely woolly leaves are several centimeters long and toothed or lobed low on the stem and smaller farther up the stem.

Corethrogyne filaginifolia Corethrogyne filaginifolia Wikipedia

The inflorescence is a single flower head or array of several heads at the tips of stem branches. The head is lined with narrow, pointed, purple-tipped phyllaries which curl back as the head matures. Inside are many purple, lavender, pink, or white ray florets and a center packed with up to 120 tubular yellow disc florets.

The fruit is an achene with a pappus of reddish bristles on top.

Corethrogyne filaginifolia Corethrogyne filaginifolia California Corethrogyne

References

Corethrogyne filaginifolia Wikipedia


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