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Asteraceae

Brownplume wirelettuce

Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A.Nelson

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Stephanomeria

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Brownplume wirelettuce: Stephanomeria pauciflora near Ash Creek Spring, Calico Basin, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Brownplume wirelettuce
nv
Jéédootłʼizh

Synonyms

  • Jamesia pauciflora (Torr.) Nees
  • Lygodesmia pauciflora (Torr.) Shinners
  • Prenanthes pauciflora Torr.
  • Ptiloria cinerea S.F.Blake
  • Ptiloria divaricata Greene
  • Ptiloria lygodesmoides A.Heller
  • Ptiloria pauciflora (Torr.) Raf.
  • Stephanomeria cinerea (S.F.Blake) S.F.Blake
  • Stephanomeria haleyi Eastw.
  • Stephanomeria lygodesmoides M.E.Jones
  • Stephanomeria lygodesmoides M.E.Jones ex L.F.Hend.
  • Stephanomeria pauciflora var. parishii (Jeps.) Munz
  • Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora

Characteristics

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

Photos

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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.