| Eatonella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Eatonella |
| Species: | E. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Eatonella nivea (D.C.Eaton) Gray |
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Eatonella is a monotypic genus of plants in the daisy family containing the single species Eatonella nivea, which is known by the common name white false tickhead. This small annual is native to the western United States, particularly the Great Basin, where it grows in sandy soils. This is a squat plant, growing in a clump not more than four centimeters high and not much more wide. It has tiny dark green leaves densely packed together and covered in a thick grayish wool. It bears neat, singular flowers which look like tiny pale yellow daisies less than a centimeter across. They sometimes dry to a purple or magenta color. The fruits are shiny black achenes with white fringe, each a few millimeters long.
The genus was named for the American botanist Daniel Cady Eaton.