Gamochaeta sphacelata

Gamochaeta sphacelata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species:
G. sphacelata
Binomial name
Gamochaeta sphacelata
(Kunth) Cabrera 1961
Synonyms[1]
  • Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
  • Gnaphalium sphacilatum Kunth
  • Gnaphalium purpureum var. sphacelatum (Kunth) Speg.

Gamochaeta sphacelata, the owl's crown,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, and Mexico with the distribution just barely crossing the Río Grande into western Texas.[3][4]

Gamochaeta sphacelata is an annual herb up to 50 cm (20 in) tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 4 cm (1.6 in) long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 3–5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.[2]

  1. ^ Tropicos, Gnaphalium sphacelatum Kunth
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America, Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera, 1961. Owl’s crown
  3. ^ Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map[permanent dead link]