Status: Native
Synonyms:
Malacothrix californica A.P. de Candolle var. glabrata Gray ex D.C. Eaton
Malacothrix glabrata is a desert plant with a bright yellow ray flowers. The leaves are
linear and pinnatifid with short filiform segments. It has a pappus of soft bristles. Malacothrix glabrata
is conspicuous when flowering and is easy to differentiate from Malacothrix fendleri which does not have
linear-filiform leaves.
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Malacothrix glabrata, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Engineeer Canyon, April 2, 2009
Malacothrix glabrata, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Engineeer Canyon, April 2, 2009
Malacothrix glabrata, achenes with pappus of soft bristles, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Engineeer Canyon, April 2, 2009
Malacothrix glabrata, filiform leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Engineeer Canyon, April 2, 2009
Malacothrix glabrata, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Engineeer Canyon, April 20, 2010
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