Английская Википедия:Enceliopsis nudicaulis

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Enceliopsis nudicaulis is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name nakedstem sunray, or naked-stemmed daisy.[1]

Description

E. nudicaulis is a perennial herb growing up to Шаблон:Convert tall from a woody caudex fringed with gray-green hairy leaves.[2] The leaves are oval and up to Шаблон:Convert long and wide.[3][2]

Blooming from May to August,[2] the inflorescence is a solitary flower head atop a tall, erect peduncle. The flower head is Шаблон:Convert;[2] it has a base made up of three layers of densely woolly, pointed phyllaries. It has a fringe of approximately 21 yellow ray florets each Шаблон:Convert long. The fruit is a hairy achene about 1 cm in length.[3]

Varieties

There are two recognized varieties of this species:[3]

  • Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata, the Ash Meadows sunray – the rarer variety, which is probably endemic to Nevada in the vicinity of Ash Meadows in the Amargosa Desert; it is federally listed as threatened.[4]
  • Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. nudicaulis – found in most of species range[5]

Distribution and habitat

Enceliopsis nudicaulis is native to the western United States: Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and California including the Inyo MountainsWhite Mountains and sky islands the Mojave Desert in California.[6] It grows in desert, plateau, and montane habitats.[1]

Uses

It is sometimes used as an ornamental plant in dry areas.[2]

References

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External links

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