Chaetopappa asteroides

Chaetopappa asteroides, called the tiny lazy daisy,[2] or Arkansas leastdaisy,[3] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas) and also to northeastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Hidalgo).[2][4]

Varieties[1][2]
  • Chaetopappa asteroides var. asteroides - most of species range
  • Chaetopappa asteroides var. grandis Shinners - Río Grande Valley in Texas

Chaetopappa asteroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Chaetopappa
Species:
C. asteroides
Binomial name
Chaetopappa asteroides
Synonyms[1]
  • Chaetanthera asteroides Nutt.
  • Chaetaphora asteroides (Nutt.) Nutt. ex Nutt.
  • Diplostelma filiformis Raf.
  • Diplostelma pumila Raf.
  • Diplostelma radians Raf.
  • Distasis asterodes (DC.) Kuntze
  • Chaetopappa modesta (DC.) A.Gray, syn of var. grandis
  • Diplostelma bellidioides A.Gray, syn of var. grandis
  • Distasis modesta DC., syn of var. grandis

References
  1. The Plant List, Chaetopappa asteroides (Nutt.) Nutt. ex DC.
  2. Flora of North America, Tiny lazy daisy, Chaetopappa asteroides (Nuttall) de Candolle
  3. "Chaetopappa asteroides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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