Stylocline psilocarphoides
| Stylocline psilocarphoides | |
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| Stylocline psilocarphoides, White Mountains, elevation 1705 m (5590 ft) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Stylocline |
| Species: | S. psilocarphoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Stylocline psilocarphoides | |
Stylocline psilocarphoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names baretwig neststraw[1] and Peck's neststraw. It is native to the western United States from Idaho to southeastern California, where it grows in deserts and other dry, sandy, gravelly habitat. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems measuring 1 to 18 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves are up to 1.8 centimeters long and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears oval flower heads no more than half a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It is a hardened ball of several woolly white flowers.
References
[edit]- ↑ NRCS. "Stylocline pislocarphoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
External links
[edit]- Calflora: Stylocline psilocarphoides
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Flora of North America
- UC CalPhotos gallery