Psathyrotes is a genus of North American plants in the sneezeweed tribe within the sunflower family.

[3] It contains annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.

The plants are low, densely branching, hairy, and scaly, with a turpentine-like odor.

The Latin name of the genus (from the Greek psathurotes) refers to the brittleness of the stems.

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