Trichoptilium
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Genus: | Trichoptilium |
| Species: | T. incisum
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| Binomial name | |
| Trichoptilium incisum A.Gray
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Trichoptilium is a monotypic genus containing the single species Trichoptilium incisum, which is known by the common names yellowdome[1] and yellowhead. This is a plant in the daisy family which is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of the United States and Mexico.
Description[]
Trichoptilium incisum sends up stems from a basal rosette of sharply-toothed leaves which are covered in curly hairs and oil glands. Atop each stem is a small rounded bright yellow flower head with only disc florets. Each head is a hemispherical button about a centimeter in diameter. The fruit is bristly with pappus.
References[]
- ^ "Trichoptilium incisum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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Categories:
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Monotypic Asteraceae genera
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Asteraceae stubs