Amblyopappus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Amblyopappuspusillus.jpg |image_caption = |display_parents = 4 |genus = Amblyopappus |parent_authority = Hook. & Arn. |species = pusillus |authority = Hook. & Arn. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=j>{{Cite web |url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=b2dc3a49-3e18-416b-a366-52dfbc38e218 |title=Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist |access-date=2014-11-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141105191445/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=b2dc3a49-3e18-416b-a366-52dfbc38e218 |archive-date=2014-11-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |synonyms = * ''Aromia'' Nutt. * ''Infantea'' J.Rémy * ''Amblyopappus pauciflorus'' Phil. * ''Aromia tenuifolia'' Nutt. }}

'''''Amblyopappus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1841.<ref name=w/><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2917976#page/338/mode/1up Hooker, William Jackson & Arnott, George Arnott Walker . 1841. Journal of Botany, being a second series of the Botanical Miscellany 3(22): 321-322] descriptions in Latin, commentary in English</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40011612 Tropicos, ''Amblyopappus'' Hook. & Arn.]</ref>

There is only one known species, '''''Amblyopappus pusillus''''', known by the common name '''dwarf coastweed'''. This plant is native to Baja California in Mexico and the coast of Southern California in the United States. It can also be found on the west coast of Chile and Peru in South America.<ref name=j/><ref>Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Botánica. 42: 1–157</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Amblyopappus%20pusillus.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref><ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Amblyopappus+pusillus Calflora taxon report, University of California, ''Amblyopappus pusillus'' Hook. & Arn. amblyopappus, dwarf coastweed, pineapple weed ]</ref>

''Amblyopappus pusillus'' is an aromatic annual herb with an erect stem up to 40 centimeters in height. The stem turns dark red with age. It is covered in narrow fleshy leaves and each small branch of the stem is topped with an inflorescence of one to several rounded budlike yellow flowers. The bracts are green, often with reddish edges.<ref name=w>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101307 Flora of North America ''Amblyopappus'' Hooker & Arnott]</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,646,647 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AMPU3 United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Amblyopappus+pusillus Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California]

Category:Madieae Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera Category:Flora of California Category:Flora of Baja California Category:Flora of western South America Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Category:Plants described in 1836 Category:Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker