Asteraceae
Camphor daisy
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rayjacksonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Camphor daisy
Synonyms
- Eriocarpum megacephalum Nash
- Eriocarpum phyllocephalum Greene
- Haplopappus phyllocephalus DC.
- Haplopappus phyllocephalus subsp. megacephalus (Nash) H.M.Hall
- Haplopappus phyllocephalus subsp. phyllocephalus
- Haplopappus phyllocephalus var. megacephalus (Nash) Waterf.
- Haplopappus phyllocephalus var. phyllocephalus
- Machaeranthera phyllocephala (DC.) Shinners
- Machaeranthera phyllocephala var. megacephala (Nash) Shinners
- Machaeranthera phyllocephala var. phyllocephala
- Sideranthus megacephalus Small
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.