''Carphochaete'' is a genus of North American

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s in the family

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. They are native to

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and the southwestern United States.''Carphochaete''.
Flora of North America. They are known commonly as bristleheads. These are branching shrubs and subshrubs usually growing 20 to 45 centimeters tall, but known to well exceed one meter at times. The leaves have glandular pits. They are usually opposite but are sometimes arranged alternately. The flower heads are solitary or paired, or occasionally in arrays of several. They are just a few millimeters wide and usually contain 3 or 4 white, pink, or purple funnel-shaped disc florets, sometimes more. The hairy, ribbed cypsela is tipped with a pappus of long scales.

Classification

''Carphochaete'' is in the tribe

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of the family Asteraceae. Like other members of this tribe, the flower heads have

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s and no ray florets. Some authors include the genus '' Cronquistia'' in ''Carphochaete''. ; SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref> * '' Carphochaete bigelovii'' - Chihuahua, Sonora,

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, western

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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
/ref> * '' Carphochaete durangensis'' - Durango * '' Carphochaete grahamii'' - Durango, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán,

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* '' Carphochaete gummifera'' -

* '' Carphochaete schaffneri'' - San Luis Potosí * '' Carphochaete wislizeni'' - Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango ; formerly included * ''Carphochaete macrocephala'' (Paray) Grashoff ex B.L.Turner & K.M.Kerr, Synonym of '' Revealia macrocephala'' (Paray) R.M.King & H.Rob. * ''Carphochaete pringlei'' (S.Watson) Grashoff ex B.L.Turner, Synonym of '' Cronquistia pringlei'' (S.Watson) R.M.King

References

Eupatorieae Asteraceae genera Flora of North America {{Eupatorieae-stub