Polypteris

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Polypteris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Polypteris (Greek words meaning many-winged or feathered; referring to the pappus). Compositae. This includes a handsome, rosy-flowered hardy annual known to the trade as Palafoxia Hookeriana. Polypteris is a genus of 4 species of N. American herbs: lvs. mostly entire: alternate heads of pedunculate, rose-purple or flesh-colored fls. borne in summer and autumn: involucre broadly bell-shaped or top- shaped; bracts commonly in 2 series, more or less colored and petal-like toward the tips: rays wanting except in P. Hookeriana: achenes linear to club-shaped. 4-sided; pappus of 6-12 equal scales. Distinguished from Palafoxia by the colored tips of the involucral bracts and the deeply divided limb of the corolla. By some the genus is united with the older genus Palafoxia, which is also American. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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