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Silverpuff
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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