Stylocline micropoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Stylocline |
| Species: | S. micropoides
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Stylocline micropoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names woollyhead neststraw,[1] woollyhead fanbract and desert neststraw. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern areas of Mexico, where it grows in desert habitat and other dry areas. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems reaching about 20 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves range to 2 centimeters in length and alternately arranged. The inflorescence bears spherical flower heads no more than a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no phyllaries, or has small ones that fall away early. It contains several woolly white flowers.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Stylocline micropoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
External links
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Media related to Stylocline micropoides at Wikimedia Commons- Calflora Database: Stylocline micropoides (Desert nest straw, Woollyhead neststraw)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Stylocline micropoides
- USDA Plants Profile for Stylocline micropoides (woollyhead neststraw)
- Flora of North America
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Stylocline micropoides
- Stylocline
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Gnaphalieae stubs