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Achyrachaena
Sign in to saveThe only species in the monotypic genus Achyrachaena is the annual herb Achyrachaena mollis, which bears the common name blow-wives. The genus name is both singular and plural.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- SBBG, OBI, IRVC, MACF, BRIT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Canary Islands (Spain)
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- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
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- Achyrachaena mollis 000.jpg
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- Achyrachaena
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The only species in the monotypic genus Achyrachaena is the annual herb Achyrachaena mollis, which bears the common name blow-wives. The genus name is both singular and plural.
The plant is common in low-elevation hills, higher mountains, valleys, and grasslands across California from the coast to the Sierra Nevada, north into southern Oregon, and south into northern Baja California, Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Achyrachaena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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