Aplopappus

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Read about Aplopappus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Aplopappus (Greek, simple pappus). Syn., Haplopappus. Compositae. Herbaceous perennials, sometimes offered for the hardy border. Leaves mostly stiffish or rigid, alternate: heads radiate, many-fld., the rays pistillate; involucre hemispherical, with several series of closely imbricated bracts: pappus simple, of many unequal bristles, the achene short and narrow.—A genus of about 115 species of herbaceous perennials, rarely shrubs, mostly from Calif. and Chile. Fls. yellow, in summer and autumn. Separated only by technical characters from Bigelovia. into which it insensibly grades. (Bigelovia has discoid few-fld, heads and pappus in single row.) Only 3 species known to have been in the American trade. A. ericoides. Hook. & Arn. Shrub, 2-5 ft. high: Lvs. very numerous, filiform, those of the dense fascicles, 2 or 3 lines long: fls. very numerous. G.G.III. 20:301. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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