ON THIS PLANT
Atrichoseris is a genus of plants in the dandelion family. It contains only one known species, Atrichoseris platyphylla, known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost. Atrichoseris platyphylla is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, Nevada and the southwestern corner of Utah) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). It produces a low basal rosette of rounded leaves patterned with gray-green and purple patches at ground level. It sends up a weedy-looking thin branching stem topped with a number of attractive, fragrant white or pink-tinged flowers, the layered ray florets rectangular and toothed.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Atrichoseris
- Family
- Asteraceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Atrichoseris en tobacco weed en parachute plant en gravel ghost
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