Dicoria canescens

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Magnoliophyta
Classis: Magnoliopsida
Ordo: Asterales
Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Heliantheae
Subtribus: Ambrosiinae
Genus: Dicoria
Species: Dicoria canescens
Subspecies: D. c. subsp. canescens

Name

Dicoria canescens A.Gray

References

* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Data from 28-Oct-07]. 452131

Dicoria canescens is a flowering plant in the daisy family known by several common names including desert twinbugs and bugseed.[1] This is a plant of the United States' desert southwest, especially the Mojave Desert. This is a plant which forms bushes or thickets of many individuals in the desert sand. The distinctive lower leaves are long, pointed, sharply toothed, and covered in a coat of thin white or gray hairs. The upper leaves are smaller and more rounded. The flowers sometimes grow in pairs of rounded buds, a characteristic which is the origin of the common name "twinbugs".

References

1. ^ Philip A. Munz, Diane L. Renshaw, Phyllis M. Faber (2004). Introduction to California Desert Wildflowers. University of California Press. pp. 235. ISBN 0520236327. page 118