Anisocoma
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Anisocoma acaulis, commonly known as the scale bud, is a wildflower found in the Mojave, Colorado Deserts, and California's Owens Valley above Template:Convert (states of Arizona, Nevada, California, Baja California, and Sonora), up to about Template:Convert.[1][2]
It is the only known member of genus Anisocoma.[3][4]
The plant grows a flat mat of jagged lobed leaves that lie on the ground. It sends up stalks up to Template:Convert tall topped with flowers which bloom from April to June. The flowers may be yellow or white with yellow centers. The frilly ray florets are rectangular with flat or slightly toothed tips. This flower is found growing in colonies in sandy places and washes, and bleeds milky sap if cut. The common name "scale bud" is a reference to the scaly appearance of the closed flower bud.[5]
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References
Further reading
- Stewart, Jon Mark (1998). Mojave Desert Wildflowers, p. 107.
- Blackwell, Laird R. (2002). Wildflowers of the Eastern Sierra and adjoining Mojave Desert and Great Basin, p. 59 (Template:ISBN).
External links
- Calflora: Anisocoma acaulis (Scalebud)
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- UC Photos gallery
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distributioni map
- ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
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- ↑ Torrey & Gray, Anisocoma (line drawings as illustrations), plate XIII, figures 7–11.
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- Cichorieae
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Monotypic Asteraceae genera
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Taxa named by John Torrey
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status