Diaperia candida (Syn. Evax candida)
Family: Asteraeae
Description: Annual to about 15 cm tall with white, woolly leaves 5-25 mm long. Alternate leaves without petioles and mostly spatulate about 1 cm wide. Heads in axillary clusters, about 2 mm wide, white-woolly. Corolla minute, discoid.
Field Identification:
Plant Trivia: Flowers are partly hidden by the hairy location of them.
Occurrence: Occasional on sand in prairies and openings.
Bloom Period: Mar-May
Plant Use:
Dichotomous Key to the Genus Diaperia:
- Heads in axillary clusters………….D. candida
Heads in terminal clusters………….D. verna
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