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Chaenactis alpigena

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This is a petite plant growing no more than a few centimeters tall with numerous stems which may be erect to prostrate, forming mats or clumps. It is generally gray to yellowish and densely woolly. Green, nearly hairless specimens have been noted. The leaves occur in a basal
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per stem. It is between about 1 and 2 centimeters long, somewhat cylindrical, hairy but not glandular, and lined with long, flat, blunt-pointed
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Sharsm., southern Sierra chaenactis, southern Sierra pincushion
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as well. It grows in sandy and gravelly soil in various
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United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Asterales
Asteraceae
Chaenactis
Binomial name
Sharsm.
daisy family
High Sierra Nevada
White Mountains
California
Nevada
rock gardens
alpine
subalpine
rosette
flower head
phyllaries
anthers
achene
pappus
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