Acamptopappus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1873.

[4][3][5] Acamptopappus is native to the deserts in southwestern North America.

[6] The name is derived from a- (not), campto- (bent), and pappus (down).

[7] Acamptopappus plants are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora acamtopappi which feeds on A. sphaerocephalus.

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