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|accepted_name=Malacothrix fendleri
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|place=5(6): 104. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|common_names=Fendler’s desertdandelion
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Malacothrix;Malacothrix fendleri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malacothrix]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malacothrix fendleri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 312
|treatment_page=page 314
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 3–15(–25+) cm. <b>Stems</b> (1–)3–8, ± decumbent or spreading-ascending, branched proximally and distally, glaucous or glabrous. <b>Cauline</b> leaves: proximal elliptic to oblong-oblanceolate, sometimes pinnately lobed (lobes 2–4+ pairs, oblong to triangular, unequal, apices acute), not fleshy, ultimate margins usually dentate, faces glabrous; distal reduced (narrowly triangular to linear or filiform, margins dentate or entire). <b>Calyculi</b> of 5–12, ovate to lanceolate bractlets, hyaline margins 0.05–0.2 mm wide. <b>Involucres</b> ± campanulate, 7–10 × 5–6+ mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> 13–25+ in 2–3 series, lance-oblong or lanceolate to lance-linear, subequal, hyaline margins 0.05–0.3 mm wide, faces glabrous. <b>Receptacles</b> not bristly. <b>Florets</b> 16–88; corollas yellow (usually with red or purplish abaxial stripes), 6–14 mm; outer ligules exserted 5–8 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> ± cylindric, 1.8–2.4 mm (distal 0.3 mm slightly expanded, cupped, smooth), ribs not extending to apices, ± equal; persistent pappi of 12–15, ± deltate teeth (often hidden within cups at apices of cypselae) plus 1–2 bristles. <b>Pollen</b> 70–100% 3-porate. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, creosote bush associations
|elevation=80–2200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|discussion=<p><i>Malacothrix fendleri</i> grows in the Sonoran Desert. “San Bernardino Co.” as locality for a specimen from the herbarium of J. G. Lemmon in UC (336493) is evidently an error.</p>
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name=Malacothrix fendleri
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, creosote bush associations
|elevation=80–2200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Smithsonian Contr. Knowl.
|publication year=1853
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Malacothrix
|species=Malacothrix fendleri
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