Psilocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Psilocarphus
Psilocarphus brevissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Psilocarphus
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Bezanilla J.Rémy

Psilocarphus is known commonly as woolly marbles or woollyheads. It is native to western North America and southern South America.[4]

Species[1][5][6]
formerly included[1]

Psilocarphus caulescens Benth.- Hesperevax caulescens (Benth.) A.Gray

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