Stylocline psilocarphoides
| Stylocline psilocarphoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Inuleae |
| Genus: | Stylocline |
| Species: | S. psilocarphoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Stylocline psilocarphoides M.Peck | |
Stylocline psilocarphoides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family 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
- ↑ "Stylocline pislocarphoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.