Nothocalais alpestris
| Nothocalais alpestris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Nothocalais |
| Species: | N. alpestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothocalais alpestris (A.Gray) K.L. Chambers | |
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Nothocalais alpestris is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name alpine lake false dandelion. It is native to the Cascade Range and nearby ranges in the western United States, where it grows in subalpine forest and meadow habitat. It is a perennial herb growing from a thick caudex and reaching about 25 cm (10 in) tall. The leaves are located around the base of the stem and have toothed, wavy, or smooth edges, and sometimes a thin coat of small hairs. They measure up to 20 cm (8 in) long. The inflorescence is a flower head covered with purple-dotted green phyllaries and containing many yellow ray florets and no disc florets. The fruit from each floret is a cylindrical achene up to 1 cm (1⁄2 in) long, not considering the large pappus of up to 50 hairlike white bristles which may be an additional centimeter in length.
References
- ↑ "Nothocalais alpestris". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nothocalais alpestris. |
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- "Nothocalais alpestris". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA.
- Chambers, Kenton L. (2006). "Nothocalais alpestris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 19. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Nothocalais alpestris in the CalPhotos Photo Database, University of California, Berkeley