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Stylocline micropoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Stylocline
Species:	S. micropoides
Binomial name
Stylocline micropoides A.Gray

Stylocline micropoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names woollyhead neststraw, woollyhead fanbract and desert neststraw. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern areas of Mexico, where it grows in desert habitat and other dry areas. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems reaching about 20 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves range to 2 centimeters in length and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears spherical flower heads no more than a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It contains several woolly white flowers.

External links

• Media related to Stylocline micropoides at Wikimedia Commons
• Calflora Database: Stylocline micropoides (Desert nest straw, Woollyhead neststraw)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Stylocline micropoides
• USDA Plants Profile for Stylocline micropoides (woollyhead neststraw)
• Flora of North America
• UC CalPhotos gallery of Stylocline micropoides