Diaperia prolifera (Nuttall ex A.P. de Candolle) Nuttall var. prolifera. Common name: Cotton-rose, Bighead Pygmy-cudweed. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Prairies, open clay or calcareous areas, disturbed areas; eastwards in waste areas around wool-combing mill. Distribution: MO west to MT, south to LA and TX; disjunct eastward in the Black Belt prairies of AL and MS and also further eastward as an introduction (Nesom 2004d).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA19, GrPl, K4; = n/a — C, F, RAB; < Evax prolifera Nutt. ex DC. — NcTx, SE1, Tx; < Filago prolifera (Nutt. ex DC.) Britton — Anderberg (1991), Arriagada (1998). Basionym: Evax prolifera Nutt. ex DC. 1836
Links to other floras: = Diaperia prolifera var. prolifera - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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