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|accepted_name=Pinaropappus
|accepted_authority=Lessing
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Gen. Compos.,
|place=143. 1832
|year=1832
}}
|common_names=Rocklettuce
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Pinaropappus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pinaropappus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pinaro, dirty, squalid, and pappos, pappus, alluding to color of pappi
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 215, 375
|treatment_page=page 374
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 3–40 cm; taprooted (taproots deep, woody) or rhizomatous. <b>Stems</b> 1–20+, erect or ascending, simple or branched proximally, ± scapiform, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; petiolate; basal blades linear to lanceolate, margins entire, toothed, or pinnately lobed (faces glabrous); cauline foliaceous or reduced to minute bracts distally. <b>Heads</b> borne singly. <b>Peduncles</b> not inflated distally, sometimes bracteate. <b>Calyculi</b> 0. <b>Involucres</b> cylindric to campanulate, 3–20 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> 18–22 in 3–5 series, ovate to lanceolate, unequal, margins scarious, apices acute. <b>Receptacles</b> slightly convex, slightly pitted, glabrous, paleate (paleae scarious, acuminate). <b>Florets</b> (10–)20–40(–60); corollas pink, purple, lavender, or nearly white. <b>Cypselae</b> golden or yellowish brown, cylindric or fusiform, tapered to slender beaks, ribs 5–6, rounded, obscure, scabrous or hispidulous; pappi persistent, of 15–60, distinct, tawny or yellowish brown, unequal, barbellulate bristles in 1 series.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America.
|discussion=<p>Species 7–10 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Plants of Pinaropappus are recognized by the glabrous leaves in dense rosettes, scapiform stems, graduated phyllaries, and pale lavender and whitish corollas. They are commonly found in dry, rocky, limestone habitats; some species are cliff-dwellers.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 3–7 cm (forming dense clumps and mats); involucres cylindric, 8–10 × 3–5 mm; phyllaries purplish, margins white, apices purplish to dull brown (necrotic)
|[[Pinaropappus parvus|Pinaropappus parvus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Plants 10–30 cm (forming individual rosettes or clumps); involucres campanulate, 10–15 × 12–20 mm; phyllaries pale green, margins pink, apices dark brown
|[[Pinaropappus roseus|Pinaropappus roseus]]
|}
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name=Pinaropappus
|author=David J. Bogler
|authority=Lessing
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|illustrator=Bee F. Gunn
|distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Gen. Compos.,
|publication year=1832
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Pinaropappus
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