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Chaenactis glabriuscula var. megacephala
Big-headed Yellow Chaenactis

Photographer: Charles Webber
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 8076 3101 3987 0074 (1998-10-16)

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date of photo unknown

location Sierra foothills, Bagby (Mariposa County, California, US)

family Asteraceae

CalAcademy slide # T 1597

photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT

common names Big-headed Yellow Chaenactis, Yellow Pincushion (CF, ITIS )

Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)

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Reviewed by James Morefield Sep 18, 2002

Action: changed name from "Chaenactis glabriuscula" to "Chaenactis glabriuscula var. megacephala "

Reviewer's comments:

"C. glabriuscula var. megacephala is the most likely ID based on geography and morphology observable in the photograph, but vars. heterocarpha and glabriuscula are also possibilities
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