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Narrowleaf mock goldenweed

Nestotus stenophyllus

Also called Narrow Leaf Mock Goldenweed, Narrowleaf Goldenheads, Narrowleaf Goldenweed

Narrowleaf mock goldenweed
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
W. U.S.A.

About

Nestotus stenophyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name narrowleaf mock goldenweed. It was previously known as Stenotus stenophyllus. It is native to the western United States, especially the inland Pacific Northwest and northern Great Basin, where it grows in sagebrush habitat usually in rocky soil.

Where it grows

Nestotus stenophyllus grows mostly in dry rocky soils and is common in the shallow rocky soil of the scablands on the Columbia Plateau in Washington State and Oregon. It is also found in Idaho, Nevada, and northern California in similar habitats.

Other Nestotus plants

Maclean's goldenweed · Goldenweed · Woolly mock goldenweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nestotus stenophyllus 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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