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Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Carolina desert-chicory)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus, the Carolina desert-chicory, is in the Asteraceae or Compositae family in the genus Pyrrhopappus, native throughout Eastern and South Eastern United States. It is a weedy annual found in mostly open grasslands and wet roadsides. P. carolinianus can bloom from spring to frost with the heads facing the sun throughout the day. ”
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Annual/Biennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (false oleander scale)[3]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0