Chaenactis cusickii
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Chaenactis cusickii is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster family known by the common name Morning brides or Cusick's pincushion. It has been found only in southeastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Chaenactis%20cusickii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]
Description
Chaenactis cusickii is a small perennial rarely more than 15 cm (6 inches) tall. Each branch produces 1-5 (occasionally more) flower heads each containing white or pale pink disc florets but no ray florets.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066310 Flora of North America, Evermann’s pincushion, Chaenactis evermannii Greene ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/396072#page/227/mode/1up Greene, Edward Lee 1912. Leaflets of Botanical Observation and Criticism 2(10): 224]
The species is named for American botanist [http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cusick_william_1842_1922_/#.VXAkekaYEfA William Conklin Cusick] (1842-1922).
References
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External links
- [http://www.pbase.com/diana_bradshaw/image/99599646 Steens Mountain Wildflowers, Cusicks Pincushion, Chaenactis cusickii ] photo
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042611/http://www.seedbank.pdx.edu/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Chaenactis_cusickii_ELH.jpg Portland State University, Environmental Science and Management Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank & Plant Conservation Program, Chaenactis cusickii] Oregon distribution map
- [http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/ofp/cha_cus.htm Oregon Flora Image Project, Chaenactis cusickii] photos
- [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/webmedia.php?irn=960964 photo of herbarium specimen at New York Botanical Garden, collected in Oregon]
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Category:Plants described in 1912
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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