Stylocline micropoides

Stylocline micropoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Stylocline
Species:	S. micropoides
Binomial name
	Stylocline micropoides; A.Gray

Stylocline micropoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names woollyhead neststraw,^[1] woollyhead fanbract and desert neststraw. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern areas of Mexico, where it grows in desert habitat and other dry areas. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems reaching about 20 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves range to 2 centimeters in length and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears spherical flower heads no more than a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It contains several woolly white flowers.

References

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stylocline micropoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stylocline micropoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

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