favicon Wildflower Identification Website.        Search for wildflowers by location, color, shape and time.       Click here for Instructions.       Login
Search Results
Chaenactis macrantha
bighead dustymaiden Aster Family
Chaenactis macrantha Asteraceae
--more--
common names
  bighead dustymaiden
  Mojave pincushion
accepted scientific name
  Chaenactis macrantha D.C. Eaton
rules for finding collection records
  Chaenactis macrantha (637)
family name
  Asteraceae
Image Author: ©2008 Stan Shebs
Image License: CC BY-SA
Image Source
Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is .4 to .5 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Basal
Plant Observed 2nd week of March thru 1st week of July
How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (45%)
Links to Plant Descriptions
Wikipedia
eFloras.org
Jepson
SEINet (9)
USDA PLANTS profile
Links to Plant Photos
Cal Photos (29)
Wikimedia Commons (7)
G.D.Carr (9)
Michael Charters (3)
base map where plant found
mag select
Desert
 Native Plant Status
native status map native status map native status map native status map native status map native status map native status map
native Native
native Not Present
grid lines base