Nemacaulis
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Nemacaulis denudata | ||||||||||||||
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Nemacaulis denudata Nutt. |
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Eriogonum nemacaulis |
Nemacaulis is a monotypic plant genus in the buckwheat family containing the single species Nemacaulis denudata, which is known by the common names woollyheads and cottonheads. This plant is a somewhat nondescript delicate annual herb with thin, spindly, naked stems and woolly white flowerheads. It can be found in sandy habitats in California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.