PLANTS Profile for Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (smallflower desert-chicory)

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PLANTS Profile

Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.
smallflower desert-chicory

Symbol:

PYPA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

Pyrrhopappus multicaulis

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

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Synonyms:
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

	PYGE4	Pyrrhopappus geiseri Shinners
	PYMU2	Pyrrhopappus multicaulis DC.
	PYMUG	Pyrrhopappus multicaulis DC. var. geiseri (Shinners) Northington
	PYRO2	Pyrrhopappus rothrockii A. Gray
	SIMU5	Sitilias multicaulis (DC.) Greene

Distribution:
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.


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USA (AR, AZ, FL, LA, MS, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 3 species in Pyrrhopappus

Classification:
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Pyrrhopappus DC. – desert-chicory
Species	Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC. – smallflower desert-chicory

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Pyrrhopappus multicaulis:

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 507140.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 02:22 AM CDT