Stylocline psilocarphoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names baretwig neststraw[1] and Peck's neststraw. It is native to the western United States from Idaho to southeastern California, where it grows in deserts and other dry, sandy, gravelly habitat. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems measuring 1 to 18 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves are up to 1.8 centimeters long and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears oval flower heads no more than half a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It is a hardened ball of several woolly white flowers.
| Stylocline psilocarphoides | |
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| Stylocline psilocarphoides, White Mountains, elevation 1705 m (5590 ft) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Stylocline |
| Species: | S. psilocarphoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Stylocline psilocarphoides | |
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stylocline pislocarphoides". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
External links
edit- Calflora: Stylocline psilocarphoides
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Flora of North America
- UC CalPhotos gallery