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Chaenactis nevadensis

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Species of flowering plant

Chaenactis nevadensis
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chaenactis
Species: C. nevadensis
Binomial name
Chaenactis nevadensis
(Kellogg) A.Gray
Synonyms
  • Hymenopappus nevadensis Kellogg

Chaenactis nevadensis, with the common name Nevada dustymaiden, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the high mountains of eastern California, including the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to western Inyo County, with a few populations in Washoe County, Nevada; and into the southernmost Cascade Range.

The species grows in sandy or gravelly soils in subalpine habitats.

Description

Chaenactis nevadensis is a perennial herb growing several short stems just a few centimeters high surrounded by a basal rosette of small, woolly, multilobed leaves. The inflorescence arises on a short peduncle. Each flower head is lined with rigid, blunt-tipped, glandular phyllaries. The flower head contains several white or pink flowers with long, protruding anthers. The fruit is an achene with a pappus of scales.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. The Plant List, Chaenactis nevadensis (Kellogg) A.Gray
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. "Chaenactis nevadensis Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. "Chaenactis nevadensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-11-19.

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Taxon identifiers
Chaenactis nevadensis
Hymenopappus nevadensis


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