Malacothrix stebbinsii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Malacothrix
- Species
- Malacothrix stebbinsii
- Scientific Name
- Malacothrix stebbinsii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacothrix stebbinsii
Malacothrix stebbinsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Stebbins' desertdandelion. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico where it grows in deserts, scrub, and woodlands. It is an annual herb producing a hairless stem up to about 60 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lined with narrow lobes. The inflorescence is an array of flower heads with ray florets under a centimeter long and white to light yellow in color.
...Malacothrix stebbinsii in languages:
- English
- Stebbins' Desertdandelion
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Malacothrix californica
- Malacothrix clevelandii
- Malacothrix coulteri
- Malacothrix fendleri
- Malacothrix floccifera
- Malacothrix foliosa
- Malacothrix glabrata
- Malacothrix incana
- Malacothrix incana × foliosa
- Malacothrix indecora
- Malacothrix junakii
- Malacothrix phaeocarpa
- Malacothrix saxatilis
- Malacothrix similis
- Malacothrix sonchoides
- Malacothrix sonorae
- Malacothrix squalida
- Malacothrix stebbinsii
- Malacothrix torreyi
- Malacothrix xanti





























