Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Polygonaceae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Nemacaulis Nutt. |
Species: | N. denudata
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Binomial name | |
Nemacaulis denudata Nutt.
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Synonyms | |
Eriogonum nemacaulis |
Nemacaulis is a monotypic plant genus in the buckwheat family containing the single species Nemacaulis denudata, which is known by the common names woollyheads and cottonheads. This plant is a somewhat nondescript delicate annual herb with thin, spindly, naked stems and woolly white flowerheads. It can be found in sandy habitats in California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
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Categories:
- Monotypic Polygonaceae genera
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of California
- Flora of Mexico
- Polygonaceae stubs