Atrichoseris

Taxobox
name = "Atrichoseris"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Atrichoseris platyphylla" in Death Valley
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Cichorieae
genus = "Atrichoseris"
species = "A. platyphylla"
binomial = "Atrichoseris platyphylla"
binomial_authority = A. Gray
synonym = "Malacothrix platyphylla"

"Atrichoseris" is a monotypic genus containing the single species "Atrichoseris platyphylla", which is known by the common names tobacco weed, parachute plant, and gravel ghost. This plant, a member of the daisy family, is native to the desert southwest of the United States. 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.

External links

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ATPL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,779,780 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Atrichoseris+platyphylla Photo gallery]