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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements2 literature sources11 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF96 records
01Narrative
Gamochaeta sphacelata, the owl's crown, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, and Mexico with the distribution just barely crossing the Río Grande into western Texas.Guy L. Nesom 2004. New distribution records for Gamochaeta (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae) in the United States. Sida 21(2): 1175–1185.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Gamochaeta sphacelata is an annual herb up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 4 cm long. The plant forms many small flower heads in elongated arrays. Each head contains 3–5 purple disc flowers but no ray flowers.Flora of North America, Gamochaeta sphacelata (Kunth) Cabrera, 1961. Owl’s crown
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 1
4 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 1≤10 km 4>10 km 1
44 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence91
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions13 of 18 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Austin, US
39
Mexico City, MX
12
Saint Louis, US
11
San Diego, US
5
Austin, US
4
Guasave, MX
4
Zacatecas, MX
2
Bronx, US
1
Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record
1
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
1
Autlán de Navarro, MX
1
Sucre, BO
1
Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
Durango, MX
1
La Paz, BO
1
Cochabamba, BO
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
18 institutions · 88 of 91 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
