Chaenactis nevadensis
| Chaenactis nevadensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Chaenactis |
| Species: | C. nevadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chaenactis nevadensis (Kellogg) A.Gray | |
Chaenactis nevadensis, with the common name Nevada dustymaiden, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family.
Distribution
It is native to the high mountains of north eastern California, including the Klamath Mountains and southernmost Cascade Range, and the Sierra Nevada, where its range extends just into Nevada. It grows in sandy or gravelly soils in subalpine habitats.
Description
This 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.