Pyrrhopappus is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(1): 144–145 in LatinTropicos, Pyrrhopappus DC.Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 376 Pyrrhopappus de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle Desert-chicory is a common name.
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist The Plant List search for PyrrhopappusBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (Walter) DC. - southeastern + south-central United States Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus (Nutt.) Nutt. - Great Plains from Nebraska to Texas Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D.Don) DC. - southern United States from Arizona to Florida; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, Tamaulipas) Pyrrhopappus rothrockii A.Gray - Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Durango, Nuevo León, Arizona, San Luis Potosí, Texas, Puebla Pyrrhopappus taraxacoides DC.
formerly included see Lactuca Pyrrhopappus hochstetteri A.Rich. - Lactuca inermis Forssk. Pyrrhopappus humilis A.Rich. - Lactuca inermis Forssk.
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