The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor. Leaves are alternate and hairy. The Latin name of the genus (from the Greek psathurotes) refers to the brittleness of the stems.
psathyrotes, turtleback, redirects, here, other, uses, turtleback, disambiguation, genus, north, american, plants, sneezeweed, tribe, within, sunflower, family, contains, annual, perennial, forbs, subshrubs, native, areas, southwestern, north, america, common,. Turtleback redirects here For other uses see Turtleback disambiguation Psathyrotes is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family 3 It contains annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America Common names include turtleback brittlestem and fanleaf Psathyrotes Psathyrotes ramosissima Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Asterales Family Asteraceae Subfamily Asteroideae Tribe Helenieae Subtribe Psathyrotinae Genus PsathyrotesA Gray Type species Psathyrotes annua Nutt A Gray 1 Synonyms 2 Bulbostylis sect Psathyrotus Nutt Pseudobartlettia Rydb The plants are low densely branching hairy and scaly with a turpentine like odor Leaves are alternate and hairy The Latin name of the genus from the Greek psathurotes refers to the brittleness of the stems Species 2 4 Psathyrotes annua Nutt Gray annual psathyrotes mealy rosettes turtleback CA NV UT AZ ID Synonyms Bulbostylis annua Nutt Annual or perennial forb Psathyrotes pilifera Gray hairy beast turtleback hairybeast brittlestem NV UT AZ Annual forb Psathyrotes ramosissima Torr Gray velvet rosette velvet turtleback turtleback NV UT AZ CA Baja California Sonora Synonyms Tetradymia ramosissima Torr Annual or perennial forb or subshrub formerly included 2 see Peucephyllum Psathyrotopsis Trichoptilium Psathyrotes incisa A Gray Trichoptilium incisum A Gray A Gray Psathyrotes purpusii Brandegee Psathyrotopsis purpusii Brandegee Rydb Psathyrotes scaposa A Gray Psathyrotopsis scaposa A Gray H Rob Psathyrotes schottii A Gray A Gray Peucephyllum schottii A GrayReferences edit Tropicos Psathyrotes Nutt A Gray a b c Flann C ed 2009 Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2015 01 02 at archive today Gray Asa 1853 Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5 6 100 Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapsExternal links editITIS report permanent dead link Jepson Manual treatment Psathyrotes ramosissima at Calflora nbsp Media related to Psathyrotes at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Psathyrotes amp oldid 1160264953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
