Asteraceae
Slender scratchdaisy
Croptilon divaricatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Croptilon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender scratchdaisy
Synonyms
- Aster divaricatus (Nutt.) Kuntze
- Chrysopsis divaricata (Nutt.) Elliott
- Croptilon divaricatum var. divaricatum
- Diplopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) Hook.
- Haplopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) A.Gray
- Haplopappus divaricatus var. divaricatus
- Inula divaricata Nutt.
- Isopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Isopappus divaricatus var. divaricatus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.