About Psilocarphus tenellus Nutt.
Psilocarphus tenellus Nutt. is a small annual herb. It produces multiple stems that are a few centimeters long, and these stems are covered in thin to thick woolly fibers. Its leaves are lance-shaped to oblong, and are less than 2 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a spherical flower head that is no wider than half a centimeter. This flower head forms a cluster of several tiny woolly disc flowers, which are surrounded by leaflike bracts and have no phyllaries. Every tiny flower is covered by a scale that is densely woolly with long white fibers, which gives the developing flower head a cottony appearance.
