Malperia is a North American plant genus in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.Watson, Sereno. 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 24: 54 in EnglishTropicos, Malperia S. Watson
There is only one known species, Malperia tenuis. This plant's common name is brown turbans or brownturbans. It is a rare plant native to the Sonoran Desert of the U.S. state of California (Imperial and San Diego Counties) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur). This is a small annual with white or pinkish bell-shaped flowers.Jepson Manual TreatmentBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution mapTurner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272Calflora
The name Malperia is based on an anagram of the last name of botanist Edward Palmer.
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External links USDA Plants Profile Wayne's Word, Malperia Ridge & Alma Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park photos