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John Day's pincushion

Chaenactis nevii

John Day's pincushion
Photo: (c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Oregon

About

Chaenactis nevii is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster family known by the common name John Day pincushion. It is found only in the John Day Basin area in the US State of Oregon.

Other Chaenactis plants

Southern Sierra pincushion · White pincushion · Pebble pincushion · Cusick's pincushion · Douglas' dustymaiden · Evermann's pincushion · Pincushion flower · Esteve's Pincushion · Yellow pincushion · Chaenactis lacera · Bighead dustymaiden · Nevada dustymaiden

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chaenactis nevii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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