Biology:Stylocline psilocarphoides

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Stylocline psilocarphoides
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Peck neststraw, Stylocline psilocarphoides, White Mountains, elevation 1705 m (5590 ft)
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S. psilocarphoides
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Stylocline psilocarphoides
M.Peck

Stylocline psilocarphoides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names baretwig neststraw[1] and Peck's neststraw. It is native to the western United States from Idaho to southeastern California , where it grows in deserts and other dry, sandy, gravelly habitat. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems measuring 1 to 18 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves are up to 1.8 centimeters long and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears oval flower heads no more than half a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It is a hardened ball of several woolly white flowers.

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Wikidata ☰ Q7629682 entry