Flora of North America species comparison

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Orochaenactis thysanocarpha

California Mountain pincushion, mountain pincushion
Leaves

1–4 cm, bases tapered, apices obtuse.
Disc corollas

3–5 mm, minutely glandular.
Phyllaries

± purple, 3–6 mm.
Heads

6–8 mm.
Cypselae

2.5–4 mm;

pappi 1.5–2.5 mm.
2n

= 18.

Orochaenactis thysanocarpha
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Open forests, dry meadows, gravelly slopes
Elevation 2100–3800 m (6900–12500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 414.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Chaenactidinae > Orochaenactis
Synonyms Chaenactis thysanocarpha
Name authority (A. Gray) Coville: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 134. (1893)
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