Chaetadelpha_wheeleri

<i>Chaetadelpha</i>

Chaetadelpha

Genus of flowering plants

Chaetadelpha is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species Chaetadelpha wheeleri, or Wheeler's skeletonweed.[2][3] This brushy perennial plant is native to the western United States (Nevada, eastern California, southeastern Oregon).[4][5]

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Chaetadelpha wheeleri forms a low bush with plentiful erect stems covered in very narrow, long and pointed leaves. Branchlets emerge from the stems and each bears a cylindrical flower which opens at the end into a star-shaped white or pale purple flower with five ray florets. The center of each head is filled with curly pollen-dusted anthers. This species is found most often in sand and scrub, particularly in desert regions.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. [2]
    Watson, Sereno. 1873. American Naturalist 7(5): 301–302 in English
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Chaetadelpha A. Gray ex S. Watson
  4. [4]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. [5]
    Tomb, A. S. 1972. Taxonomy of Chaetadelpha (Compositae: Cichorieae). Madroño 21: 459–462.
  6. [6]
    Flora of North America, Chaetadelpha A. Gray ex S. Watson, Amer. Naturalist. 7: 301. 1873.


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