- Malacothrix glabrata
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Malacothrix glabrata 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Cichorieae Genus: Malacothrix Species: M. glabrata Binomial name Malacothrix glabrata
(A.Gray ex D.C.Eaton) A.GrayMalacothrix glabrata is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plant known generally as the smooth desert dandelion or desert dandelion. The species is native to the western United States, excluding much of the Pacific Northwest, and into northern Mexico.
M. glabrata is typically 5 to 15 inches tall with a 1.5 to 2.5 inch flower head. Its fragrant, daisy-like flowers are in shades of yellow or white, and undeveloped flowers have a red "button" in the center of the flower head. [1]
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Desert Dandelions in the Pinto Valley, Joshua Tree National Park, California. -
Malacothrix glabrata, photographed at Joshua Tree National Park. -
Desert dandelion (Malacothrix glabrata), Anza-Borrego Desert State Park -
Desert Dandelions and Desert Pincushions, Joshua Tree National Park, March 30, 2005
References
- ^ Susan J. Wernert, Reader's Digest Association, Brenda Jackson. North American Wildlife: An Illustrated Guide to 2,000 Plants and Animals. Readers Digest, 1998. p.467. ISBN 0762100206
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