Chaetopappa ericoides

Chaetopappa ericoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names rose heath and heath-leaved chaetopappa. It is native to the southwestern and western Great Plains regions of the United States, plus northern Mexico. It is found in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Nuevo León.[2][3]

Chaetopappa ericoides

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chaetopappa
Species:
C. ericoides
Binomial name
Chaetopappa ericoides
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Aster arenosus (A.Heller) S.F.Blake
  • Aster ericifolius Rothr. 1877 not Forssk. 1775
  • Aster hirtifolius S.F.Blake
  • Aster leucelene S.F.Blake
  • Diplopappus ericoides (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray 1841 not Less. 1831
  • Diplopappus ericoides var. hirtellus A.Gray
  • Inula ericoides Torr.
  • Leucelene ericoides (Torr.) Greene

Chaetopappa ericoides is a petite perennial herb reaching heights between 5 and 15 centimeters (2–6 inches). The hairy, glandular stem grows from a woody caudex and branches several times. The green leaves are up to about a centimeter long and are glandular and bristly. The tiny flower head is 1 or 2 centimeters wide with white or pinkish ray florets around a center of yellow disc florets. Each head has a base of pointed purple-tipped greenish phyllaries. The fruit is a hairy, round achene with a bristly white pappus.[4][5]

Uses

Among the Zuni people, an infusion of whole pulverized plant applied is rubbed on the body for the pain from a cold, swellings, and rheumatism. A warm infusion of the plant is also taken to hasten parturition.[6]

References
  1. The Plant List, Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) G.L.Nesom
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. SEINET Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona Chapter, Chaetopappa ericoides photos, description, range map
  4. Flora of North America, Rose-heath, Chaetopappa ericoides (Torrey) G. L. Nesom
  5. Nuttall, Thomas 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 299 as Eucephalus ericoides
  6. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30, p.55


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