Chaenactis
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Chaenactis is a genus of plants in the daisy family
which are known generally as pincushions or dustymaidens. These wildflowers are native to western North America, especially the desert southwest of the United States. There are 18 species, many of which are quite variable in appearance. They are generally aster-like in appearance with many disc florets in each head. There may be only disc florets, but sometimes there are also enlarged ray florets along the edges of the corolla. They may be white to yellow or pink.
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Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
which are known generally as pincushions or dustymaidens. These wildflowers are native to western North America, especially the desert southwest of the United States. There are 18 species, many of which are quite variable in appearance. They are generally aster-like in appearance with many disc florets in each head. There may be only disc florets, but sometimes there are also enlarged ray florets along the edges of the corolla. They may be white to yellow or pink.
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- Chaenactis alpigenaChaenactis alpigenaChaenactis alpigena is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name southern Sierra pincushion. It is native to the High Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains of California, extending in the latter just into Nevada....
- southern Sierra pincushion - Chaenactis artemisiifoliaChaenactis artemisiifoliaChaenactis artemisiifolia, with the common name White pincushion, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to the coastal Peninsular Ranges of Southern California and Baja California, in the chaparral and woodlands....
- white pincushion - Chaenactis carphocliniaChaenactis carphocliniaChaenactis carphoclinia is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name pebble pincushion. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in rocky and gravelly habitat, such as the California deserts..-Description:The Chaenactis...
- pebble pincushion - Chaenactis douglasiiChaenactis douglasiiChaenactis douglasii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Douglas' dustymaiden. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Saskatchewan to California to New Mexico, where it grows in a wide variety of habitats, including harsh environments...
- Douglas' dustymaiden - Chaenactis fremontiiChaenactis fremontiiChaenactis fremontii, with the common names Fremont's pincushion and Desert pincushion, is a species of annual wildflower in the daisy family. Both the latter common name, and the specific epithet are named for John C. Frémont....
- Fremont's pincushion - Chaenactis glabriusculaChaenactis glabriusculaChaenactis glabriuscula, with the common name Yellow pincushion, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It is native to California and Baja California.-Distribution:...
- yellow pincushion - Chaenactis macranthaChaenactis macranthaChaenactis macrantha is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names bighead dustymaiden and Mojave pincushion. It is native to the Great Basin and the southwestern deserts of the United States, where it grows in dry, open habitat with gravelly, sandy soils, often...
- bighead dustymaiden - Chaenactis nevadensisChaenactis nevadensisChaenactis nevadensis, with the common name Nevada dustymaiden, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family.-Distribution:...
- Nevada dustymaiden - Chaenactis parishiiChaenactis parishiiChaenactis parishii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Parish's chaenactis.-Distribution:...
- Parish's chaenactis - Chaenactis santolinoidesChaenactis santolinoidesChaenactis santolinoides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Santolina pincushion.-Description:...
- Santolina dustymaiden - Chaenactis stevioidesChaenactis stevioidesChaenactis stevioides, with the common names Esteve's pincushion and Desert pincushion, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family.-Distribution:...
- Esteve's pincushion - Chaenactis suffrutescensChaenactis suffrutescensChaenactis suffrutescens is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Shasta chaenactis. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from Shasta and Trinity Counties in the far northern part of the state...
- Shasta chaenactis - Chaenactis xantianaChaenactis xantianaChaenactis xantiana, the Mojave pincushion or Xantu's pincushion, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States, from southeastern Oregon, Nevada, southern California and western Arizona...
- Mojave pincushion