Biology:Stenotus lanuginosus
Stenotus lanuginosus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Stenotus |
Species: | S. lanuginosus
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Binomial name | |
Stenotus lanuginosus (A.Gray) Greene
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Synonyms | |
Haplopappus lanuginosus |
Stenotus lanuginosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names woolly mock goldenweed[1] and woolly stenotus.
Distribution
The plant is endemic to the western United States, especially the Great Basin region of the inland Pacific Northwest, northeastern California , and northern Nevada. It grows in cold, dry regions such as sagebrush plateau and high mountain slopes in subalpine and alpine climates.
Description
Stenotus lanuginosus is a perennial herb usually forming a compact tuft of herbage with a fibrous root system. The leaves are linear to widely lance-shaped leaves and measure up to 10 centimeters long. They are coated in white woolly fibers and are generally glandular.
The inflorescence is a solitary flower head with woolly or hairy green phyllaries. The flower head contains yellow disc florets and several yellow ray florets, each about a centimeter long.
References
- ↑ "Stenotus lanuginosus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=STLA7. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7607921 entry
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenotus lanuginosus.
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