PLANTS Profile for Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina (alpine dustymaiden)

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PLANTS Profile

Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray
alpine dustymaiden

Symbol:

CHDOA2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray

Synonyms:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray

CHAL2	Chaenactis alpina (A. Gray) M.E. Jones
CHALL2	Chaenactis alpina (A. Gray) M.E. Jones var. leucopsis (Greene) Cockerell ex Stockw.
CHALR2	Chaenactis alpina (A. Gray) M.E. Jones var. rubella (Greene) Stockw.
CHLE10	Chaenactis leucopsis Greene	alpine pincushion
CHMI10	Chaenactis minuscula Greene

Distribution:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray


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Related Taxa:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray

Classification:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Chaenactis DC. – pincushion
Species	Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. – Douglas' dustymaiden
Variety	Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray – alpine dustymaiden

More Accounts and Images:
Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. alpina A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527249.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 01:05 AM CDT