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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Diaperia
Species:	D. verna
Binomial name
*Diaperia verna* Raf.
Synonyms
Diaperia multicaulis (DC.) Nutt. Evax nivea (Small) Cory Evax verna Raf. Filaginopsis multicaulis (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray Filago nivea Small Filago verna (Raf.) Shinners Diaperia drummondii (Torr. & A.Gray) Benth., syn of var. drummondii Filaginopsis drummondii Torr. & A.Gray, syn of var. drummondii

Diaperia verna, common names spring pygmycudweed, spring rabbit-tobacco or many-stem rabbit-tobacco, is a plant species in the sunflower family, native to northern Mexico (from Sonora to Tamaulipas) and the southern United States (from Arizona to Louisiana, with isolated populations (possibly introductions) in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina).

Diaperia verna is an herb with greenish or grayish leaves due to a coating of woolly hairs. One plant usually produces several flower heads, the corollas hidden by surrounding bracts.

Varieties

Diaperia verna var. drummondii (Torr. & A.Gray) Morefield - coastal Alabama + Texas
Diaperia verna var. verna - Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora, Tamaulipas).

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