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Malacothrix glabrata
Also called Smooth Desert Dandelion, Desert Dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata, commonly known as the smooth desert dandelion or desert dandelion, is an annual plant with yellow flowers that appears in western North America.
The species is native to the western United States, excluding much of the Pacific Northwest, and into northern Mexico. It is common to the southwestern deserts of North America.
California desertdandelion · Cleveland's desertdandelion · Snake's head · Woolly desertdandelion · Dunedelion · Santa Cruz Island desertdandelion · Junak's desertdandelion · Cliff desertdandelion · Sowthistle desertdandelion · Santa Cruz desertdandelion · Stebbins' desertdandelion · Desertdandelion
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malacothrix glabrata 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.
