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Hymenopappus filifolius
Also called Columbia Cutleaf, Fine Leaved Hymenopappus, Fine Leaved Woolly White, Fineleaf Woollywhite
A North American perennial herb in the daisy family with a woolly grey-green clump of finely divided basal leaves and erect flower stems. It is drought tolerant and suits dry, open, sunny sites.
Hymenopappus filifolius is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names fineleaf hymenopappus and Columbia cutleaf. It is native to western and central North America from Alberta and Saskatchewan south as far as Chihuahua and Baja California.
Hymenopappus filifolius grows in a number of habitats, often in arid regions. The plant is variable in appearance and there are a great number of varieties of the species. It is a taprooted perennial herb growing as a small clump on the ground to an erect spray of stems up to a meter (40 inches) tall. Almost all of the leaves are located at the base of the plant in a woolly gray-green patch. They are up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) long and are divided into blunt, thready leaflets. They are glandular and thinly hairy to quite woolly, and dark green under the coat of white wool.
The Zuni people apply a poultice of chewed root with lard to swellings. They also drink a warm decoction of the root as an emetic. They also use the root as chewing gum.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hymenopappus filifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
