Asteraceae
Woolly paper-flower
Psilostrophe tagetina
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Psilostrophe
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Woolly paper-flower, Woolly paperflower, Wooly paperflower
- nv
- Chʼil dishohí
Synonyms
- Psilostrophe tagetina var. grandiflora (Rydb.) Heiser
- Psilostrophe tagetina var. lanata A.Nelson
- Psilostrophe tagetina var. tagetina
- Psilostrophe tagetinae (Nutt.) Kuntze
- Riddellia tagetina Nutt.
- Riddellia tagetina (Nutt.) Greene
- Riddellia tagetina var. tagetina
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.