Chaenactis facts for kids
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Chaenactis is a group of plants in the daisy family. People often call them pincushions or dustymaidens.
These wild flowers grow naturally in western North America. You can find many of them in the desert areas of the United States. They come in many different shapes and sizes. Generally, they look a bit like daisies. Each flower head has many small flowers called disc florets. Sometimes, they also have larger ray florets around the edges. Their colors can be white, yellow, or pink.
Types of Chaenactis Plants
There are many different types of Chaenactis plants. Here are some of them:
- Chaenactis alpigena — Southern Sierra pincushion; found in California and Nevada.
- Chaenactis artemisiifolia — White pincushion; found in California and Baja California.
- Chaenactis carphoclinia — Pebble pincushion; found in California, Baja California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.
- Chaenactis cusickii — Found in Oregon and Idaho.
- Chaenactis douglasii — Douglas' dustymaiden; found across many western states like California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and even in British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
- Chaenactis evermannii — Found in Idaho.
- Chaenactis fremontii — Fremont's pincushion; found in California, Baja California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
- Chaenactis furcata — Found in Baja California.
- Chaenactis glabriuscula — Yellow pincushion; found in California and Baja California.
- Chaenactis lacera — Found in Baja California and Baja California Sur.
- Chaenactis macrantha — Bighead dustymaiden; found in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, and Oregon.
- Chaenactis nevadensis — Nevada dustymaiden; found in California and Nevada.
- Chaenactis nevii — Found in Oregon.
- Chaenactis parishii — Parish's dustymaiden; found in California and Baja California.
- Chaenactis santolinoides - Santolina dustymaiden; found in California.
- Chaenactis stevioides — Esteve's pincushion; found in many places including California, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Nevada, Arizona, Sonora, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and even New York State.
- Chaenactis suffrutescens — Shasta dustymaiden; found in California and Oregon.
- Chaenactis thompsonii — Found in Washington.
- Chaenactis xantiana — Mojave pincushion; found in California, Baja California, Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon.
See also
In Spanish: Chaenactis para niños
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