Gulf rabbit-tobacco

Filaginopsis drummondii Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 263. 1842; Evax multicaulis de Candolle var. drummondii (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray; E. verna Rafinesque var. drummondii (Torrey & A. Gray) Kartesz & Gandhi

Heads ± spheric, largest mostly 2.5–3.3 mm. Pistillate paleae individually visible through thin sericeous indument.

Flowering and fruiting mid Feb–mid May. Dunes, beaches, sandy soils, often where disturbed; 0–100 m; Ala., Tex.

Variety drummondii is known from coastal Alabama and Texas (nearly to Mexico), including islands; it may be found with var. verna up to about 300 km inland in Texas (most plants starting about 50–150 km inland are intermediate to some degree).