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Chaenactis xantiana
Chaenactis xantiana, the Mojave pincushion or Xantus pincushion, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the western United States, from southeastern Oregon, Nevada, southern and eastern California and northwestern Arizona. It is very common in the Antelope Valley in the Mojave Desert, and grows in sandy soils.
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 xantiana 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.
