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Atrichoseris platyphylla

gravel ghost, parachute flower, parachute plant, tobacco weed
Stems

glaucous.
Basal leaves

gray-green, glaucous, often purple-tinged, especially abaxially, often adaxially mottled, 1–12 × 0.5–6 cm.
Involucres

6–10 mm.
Florets

corollas 8–20 mm, inner with bases yellow or purple, much shorter than outer.
Heads

1.5–3.5 cm diam.
Cypselae

4–4.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

Atrichoseris platyphylla
Phenology Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Dry desert slopes, valleys, and washes
Elevation 0–1400 m [0–4600 ft]
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Atrichoseris platyphylla grows in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 309.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Atrichoseris
Synonyms Malacothrix platyphylla
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Gray: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 410.
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