Biology:Stenotus lanuginosus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Stenotus lanuginosus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Stenotus
Species:
S. lanuginosus
Binomial name
Stenotus lanuginosus
(A.Gray) Greene
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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7607921 entry