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Small palafox

Palafoxia callosa

Small palafox
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Missouri to Arkansas and Mexico (Coahuila)

About

Palafoxia callosa, commonly known as the small palafox, or spanish needles is a species of flowering plant in the aster family.

It is native to North America, where it is found in the south-central United States and in the state of Coahuila in Mexico. A disjunct population is found in the Blackland Prairie region of Mississippi in the United States. Its natural habitat is rocky, calcareous soil in glades and prairies. It is less commonly found along the banks of streams. It is popular for butterfly gardens.

Other Palafoxia plants

Desert palafox · Feay's palafox · Coastal plain palafox · Rio Grande palafox · Palafox

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palafoxia callosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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