Carphephorus pseudoliatris Cass. is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carphephorus pseudoliatris Cass.

Carphephorus pseudoliatris Cass.

Bristleleaf chaffhead (Carphephorus pseudoliatris) is a southeastern US native herb in the Asteraceae family with purplish disc-only flower heads.

Family
Genus
Carphephorus
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Carphephorus pseudoliatris Cass.

Carphephorus pseudoliatris Cass., commonly known as bristleleaf chaffhead, is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family, native to North America. It is endemic to the southeastern United States, where it occurs naturally in the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. This species is an herb that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It produces a flat-topped inflorescence holding many small purplish flower heads; these heads contain only disc florets and do not produce ray florets.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Carphephorus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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