Psilostrophe cooperi Calflora

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Taxon Report

Psilostrophe cooperi (A. Gray) Greene

Cooper's paper daisy, Paper flower, Paperflower, Whitestem paperflower

2006 Steve Matson

2008 Steve Matson

Matt Berger

alexandria

2022 ddefreese

Psilostrophe cooperi is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~350 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Psilostrophe
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Riddellia cooperi

Information about Psilostrophe cooperi from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PSCO2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/13/2025).