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Photo ID: 1073 3283 3182 0100 Current Taxon: Anisocoma acaulis Photographer: Glenn and Martha Vargas Date of photo: 1958-00-00 Location: United States, CA, San Bernardino County, Lucerne Valley Photographer's ID: Malacothrix coulteri Photo Submitted: 2002-02-25 Annotation: 1 annotation Photo ©2002 California Academy of Sciences | |
Annotation History
| Date | Name | Action | Plant Name Before Changes | Plant Name Changed to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annotation Notes | ||||
| 01/06/2006 | Adonis ('Don') Tate |  taxon changed |
Malacothrix coulteri (Snakehead) | Anisocoma acaulis |
| Malacothrix coulteri is the "proper" Snake's Head, which might be verbally confusible with Scale Bud. A photo of Anisocoma acaulis is labelled "Snakehead" on another website. Both have unusually wide, overlapping phyllaries. The plant in the photo looks a lot like Scale Bud, but I'm guessing due also to the similarity of the common names. Anyway, Malacothrix coulteri has conspicuous, leafy stems, unlike the stemless plant pictured here ("acaulis" means stemless.) | ||||
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