Chaetopappa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Chaetopappa ericoides 3.jpg

|image_caption = Chaetopappa ericoides

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|taxon = Chaetopappa

|authority = DC.

|synonyms_ref = [https://archive.today/20141113142309/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=f09805e7-ebfe-470d-835e-b0caaaa842e2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms =

• Aphantochaeta A.Gray
• Diplostelma A.Gray
• Leucelene Greene
• Asteridium Engelm. ex Walp.
• Chaetanthera Nutt. 1834, illegitimate homonym not Ruiz & Pav. 1794
• Distasis DC.
• Chaetaphora Nutt. ex DC., as synonym
• Diplostelma Raf.
• Bourdonia Greene

}}

Chaetopappa is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae which are known generally as leastdaisies.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151736#page/306/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta 5: 301] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005244 Tropicos, Chaetopappa DC.]

These wildflowers are native to western and central North America. The flower heads bear daisies with curled ray florets which may be white to shades of blue and purple, surrounding yellow disc florets.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=106357 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 301. 1836. ]

; Species[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Chaetopappa Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764055#page/82/mode/1up Shinners, L. H. 1946b. Revision of the genus Chaetopappa DC. Wrightia 1: 63–81.]

• Chaetopappa asteroides - Arkansas leastdaisy - Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Arkansas Louisiana South Carolina Tamaulipas San Luis Potosí Veracruz Hidalgo[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250068144 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa asteroides (Nuttall) de Candolle var. asteroides]
• Chaetopappa bellidifolia - whiteray leastdaisy - Texas
• Chaetopappa bellioides - manyflower leastdaisy - Texas New Mexico Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066322 Flora of North America, Chaetopappa bellioides (A. Gray) Shinners, Wrightia. 1: 77. 1946. ]
• Chaetopappa effusa - spreading leastdaisy - Texas
• Chaetopappa ericoides - rose heath - California Nevada Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Texas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Chihuahua Coahuila Sonora Durango Nuevo León
• Chaetopappa hersheyi - Guadalupe leastdaisy - Texas New Mexico
• Chaetopappa imberbis - awnless leastdaisy - Texas
• Chaetopappa parryi - Parry's leastdaisy - Texas Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
• Chaetopappa plomoensis - Coahuila[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10009848#page/24/mode/1up Turner, Billie Lee. 1977. Sida 7(1): 22-23, f. 1]
• Chaetopappa pulchella - Coahuila