Blepharipappus

Blepharipappus is a North American plant genus in the family Asteraceae containing the single known species Blepharipappus scaber, known by the common name rough eyelash, or rough eyelashweed.^[1] Blepharis is Greek for 'eyelash' and 'pappus' refers to the feathery part of the plant's seeds.^[2]

Blepharipappus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Madieae
Subtribe:	Madiinae
Genus:	Blepharipappus Hook.
Species:	B. scaber
Binomial name
Blepharipappus scaber Hook.

Blepharipappus scaber is a small, inconspicuous, annual plant herb to the northwestern United States (Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and northern California).^[3] It grows in sandy soil in forests at elevations of 300–2,200 meters (980–7,220 ft)^[4] and in the western portion of the sagebrush steppe.^[2]

Growing up to several inches in height, the plant raises slender, fuzzy stems, with alternate leaves.^[2] Atop the stems bloom between one and several daisylike flower heads.^[2][4] These have 3–8 three-lobed ray florets,^[2] which are white with purple markings, while the center of the head is packed with about 10 white disc florets with purple anthers.^[2] The fruit is a dark achene which often bears a pappus of a few stiff, light colored bristles, resembling human eyelashes (hence the common name of the plant).^[4]

Some Plateau Indian tribes used as part of a treatment for bloody diarrhea.^[5]

The species is similar to Layia glandulosa, which has yellow disc flowers.^[2]