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Malacothrix stebbinsii
Malacothrix stebbinsii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Stebbins' desertdandelion. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico where it grows in deserts, scrub, and woodlands. It is an annual herb producing a hairless stem up to about 60 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are lined with narrow lobes. The inflorescence is an array of flower heads with ray florets under a centimeter long and white to light yellow in color.
California desertdandelion · Cleveland's desertdandelion · Snake's head · Woolly desertdandelion · Smooth desertdandelion · Dunedelion · Santa Cruz Island desertdandelion · Junak's desertdandelion · Cliff desertdandelion · Sowthistle desertdandelion · Santa Cruz desertdandelion · Desertdandelion
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Malacothrix stebbinsii 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.
