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Nemacaulis
Sign in to saveNemacaulis is a monotypic plant genus in the buckwheat family containing the single species Nemacaulis denudata, which is known by the common names woollyheads and cottonheads. This plant is a somewhat undistinguished delicate annual herb with thin, spindly, naked stems and woolly white flowerheads. It can be found in sandy habitats in California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyPolygonaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Collections
- MSC, RSA, BRIT, VT
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polygonaceae
- Image
- Nemacaulis denudata denudata 184085725.jpg
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- taxon name
- Nemacaulis
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- genus
- taxon common name
- cottonheads
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- Category:Nemacaulis
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Nemacaulis is a monotypic plant genus in the buckwheat family containing the single species Nemacaulis denudata, which is known by the common names woollyheads and cottonheads. This plant is a somewhat undistinguished delicate annual herb with thin, spindly, naked stems and woolly white flowerheads. It can be found in sandy habitats in California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nemacaulis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.