Blepharipappus

Blepharipappus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Blepharipappus
Species: B. scaber
Binomial name
Blepharipappus scaber
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Blepharipappus is a North American plant genus in the daisy family containing the single known species Blepharipappus scaber, known by the common name rough eyelash, or rough eyelashweed.[1]

Blepharipappus scaber is a small, inconspicuous, annual plant herb to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and northern California).[2] It raises slender, fuzzy stems, atop which bloom a daisylike flower head.[3] Its ray florets are white with purple markings, while the center of the headis packed with white disc florets with purple anthers. The fruit is a dark achene which often bears a pappus of a few stiff, light colored bristles, resembling human eyelashes (hence the common name of the plant).[3] Blepharipappus scaber grows in forests at elevations of 300-2200 meters (1000-7300 feet).[3]

Some Plateau Indian tribes used as part of a treatment for bloody diarrhea.[4]

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