Diaperia_candida

<i>Diaperia candida</i>

Diaperia candida

Species of flowering plant

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]

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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] Flowers bloom March to June. Its habitats include oak and pine woodlands, prairies, and coastal areas.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List, Diaperia candida (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f.
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Evax candida". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. [4]
    Flora of North America, Silver rabbit-tobacco, Diaperia candida (Torrey & A. Gray) Bentham & Hooker f., Gen. Pl. 2: 298. 1873.
  5. [5]
    Gray, Asa. 1884. Synoptical Flora of North America 1(2): 230. description in English, as Evax candida


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