View source for Chaenactis suffrutescens

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|accepted_name=Chaenactis suffrutescens
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notes Compositae,
|place=100. 1880
|year=1880
}}
|common_names=Shasta pincushion
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Chaenactis suffrutescens var. incana
|authority=Stockwell
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae;Chaenactis;Chaenactis sect. Macrocarphus;Chaenactis suffrutescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Chaenactis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Chaenactis sect. Macrocarphus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Chaenactis suffrutescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 403, 405
|treatment_page=page 404
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>or subshrubs (10–)25–45(–60) cm (sometimes cespitose, not matted); proximal indument (especially stems) persistent, whitish, densely lanuginose or pannose. <b>Stems</b> mostly 5–15+, usually erect. <b>Leaves</b> usually ± cauline, sometimes ± basal, 5–10 cm; largest blades lance-ovate or deltate, ± plane, 1–2-pinnately lobed; primary lobes mostly 2–5 pairs, ± remote, ultimate lobes ± plane. <b>Heads</b> mostly 1–3 per stem. <b>Peduncles</b> ascending to erect, (5–)10–20 cm. <b>Involucres</b> ± cylindric. <b>Phyllaries</b>: longest 14–18 mm; outer predominantly stipitate-glandular (other indument none or sparse), apices ± squarrose, pliant. <b>Corollas</b> 8.5–10 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 7–9 mm; pappi: longest scales 7–9 mm. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–early Sep.
|habitat=Loose scree, sand, rocky soils, slopes, drainages, usually on serpentine or other ultramafic deposits
|elevation=700–2300 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Chaenactis suffrutescens</i> is known from the southern and eastern Klamath Ranges and northern Coast Ranges of Trinity and Siskiyou counties (nearly to Oregon). It is sometimes cultivated in rock gardens and may be found outside its native range. Small forms of <i>C. suffrutescens</i> from southern Trinity County approach <i>C. nevadensis</i> in habit (see discussion there).</p>
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name=Chaenactis suffrutescens
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Chaenactis suffrutescens var. incana
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering May–early Sep.
|habitat=Loose scree, sand, rocky soils, slopes, drainages, usually on serpentine or other ultramafic deposits
|elevation=700–2300 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Notes Compositae,
|publication year=1880
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V21_1017.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Chaenactidinae
|genus=Chaenactis
|section=Chaenactis sect. Macrocarphus
|species=Chaenactis suffrutescens
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