Asteraceae

Green-stem paper-flower

Psilostrophe sparsiflora (A.Gray) A.Nelson

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Psilostrophe

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Common names

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English: Green-stem paper-flower, Greenstem paperflower

Synonyms

Psilostrophe tagetina var. sparsiflora (A.Gray) Greene
Riddellia tagetina var. sparsiflora A.Gray

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Shams948, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thomas Binder, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jérôme Rousselle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Lawrence Chu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.