Flathead rabbit tobacco (Diaperia prolifera)

Flathead rabbit tobacco, a reference photo — Photo: Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Diaperia prolifera, common name big-head rabbit-tobacco, is a plant species native to the central part of the United States from Montana to New Mexico to Alabama. It prefers dry, open areas.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Flathead rabbit tobacco being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Diaperia verna

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Diaperia
Species: Diaperia prolifera

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