Psathyrotes is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family.[3] It contains annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America. Common names include turtleback, brittlestem, and fanleaf.

Psathyrotes
Psathyrotes ramosissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Helenieae
Subtribe: Psathyrotinae
Genus: Psathyrotes
A.Gray
Type species
Psathyrotes annua
Synonyms[2]
  • Bulbostylis sect. Psathyrotus Nutt.
  • Pseudobartlettia Rydb.

The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor. Leaves are alternate and hairy. The Latin name of the genus (from the Greek psathurotes) refers to the brittleness of the stems.

Species[2][4]
formerly included[2]

see Peucephyllum Psathyrotopsis Trichoptilium

References

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