Adenocaulon bicolor
Adenocaulon bicolor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Adenocaulon |
Species: | A. bicolor |
Binomial name | |
Adenocaulon bicolor Hook. | |
Adenocaulon bicolor is a flowering plant in the daisy family known as American trailplant, or Pathfinder. It is found in southern Canada and across the northern and western United States. This plant has a very thin erect branching stem surrounded by triangular leaves only at the base. Upon the branches are tiny inflorescences of white flowers, each flower measuring only a few millimeters in width. Around each inflorescence grows a distinctive array of club-shaped fruits covered in tiny glands on stalks. Trailplant can be found in the understory of woods and forests.
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