Chaenactis nevadensis
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Nevada dustymaidens, Chaenactis nevadensis - Flickr - Jim Morefield.jpg
|genus = Chaenactis
|species = nevadensis
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-101692 The Plant List, Chaenactis nevadensis (Kellogg) A.Gray ]
|synonyms = *Hymenopappus nevadensis Kellogg
| status = G3
| status_system = TNC
}}
Chaenactis nevadensis, with the common name Nevada dustymaiden, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to the high mountains of eastern California, including the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County to western Inyo County, with a few populations in Washoe County, Nevada; and into the southernmost Cascade Range.
The species grows in sandy or gravelly soils in subalpine habitats.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Chaenactis%20nevadensis.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]{{Cite web |title=Chaenactis nevadensis Calflora |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=1905 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=www.calflora.org}}
Description
Chaenactis nevadensis 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.{{Cite web |title=Chaenactis nevadensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066313 |access-date=2022-11-19 |website=www.efloras.org}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1905 Calflora Database: Chaenactis nevadensis (Nevada dustymaiden, Northern Sierra chaenactis, Sierra chaenactis)]
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=1983 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Chaenactis nevadensis]
- [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CHNE USDA Plants Profile for Chaenactis nevadensis]
- {{CalPhotos|Chaenactis|nevadensis}}
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Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Endemic flora of the United States
Category:Plants described in 1873
Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray
Category:Taxa named by Albert Kellogg
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