Diaperia verna (Rafinesque) Morefield var. verna. Common name: Cotton-rose, Poverty-weed. Phenology: Early Mar-late Jun. Habitat: Open, barren or grassy areas. Distribution: Arkansas and w. Louisiana west to Arizona, south to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas); also rare as an introduction east of the Mississippi River, in disturbed areas and as a wool-combing waif (Nesom 2004d).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA19, K4, NS, POWO; = Evax verna Raf. var. verna — K1; = Filago verna (Raf.) Raf. — Anderberg (1991), Arriagada (1998); = n/a — RAB; < Diaperia verna (Raf.) Morefield — Mex; ? Evax multicaulis DC. — SE1; < Evax verna Raf. — NcTx, Tx; ? Filaginopsis nivea Small — S. Basionym: Evax verna Raf. 1833
Links to other floras: = Diaperia verna var. verna - FNA19
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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