Hymenopappus lugens
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
This species is seen as no more than a part of the very polymorphic species H. filifolius Hook. by most authorities. 216097
Edible uses
Root - chewed by the Indians.
Medicinal uses
Emetic, odontalgic.
Habitat
Dry, often sandy or gravelly places in foothills and plains.
Native range
Western N. America - Washington to California.
Same genus
- Oldplainsman (Hymenopappus artemisiifolius)
- Biennial woollywhite (Hymenopappus biennis)
- Carrizo Sands woollywhite (Hymenopappus carrizoanus)
- Fineleaf hymenopappus (Hymenopappus filifolius)
- Collegeflower (Hymenopappus flavescens)
- Mexican woollywhite (Hymenopappus mexicanus)
- Newberry's hymenopappus (Hymenopappus newberryi)
- Ray hymenopappus (Hymenopappus radiatus)