Chaptalia texana facts for kids

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chaptalia
Species:	C. texana
Binomial name
*Chaptalia texana* Greene
Synonyms
Chaptalia carduacea Greene Chaptalia leonina Greene Chaptalia nutans var. texana (Greene) Burkart Chaptalia petrophila Greene

Chaptalia texana, common name Silverpuff , is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico.

Chaptalia texana is a perennial plant growing from a large root. Leaves are in a basal rosette close to the ground, with dense woolly hairs on the underside but not on top. There is generally only one flower head, held on an unbranched stalk; head is nodding (hanging) at fruiting time but not at flowering time. Flowers are cream-colored, turning reddish as they get old.

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