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    - Class - Dicots - Dicotyledoneae
      - Order - Aster/Sunflowers - Asterales
        
        Family - Aster/Sunflowers - Asteraceae
        
        Species - Slender Woolly-heads - Psilocarphus tenellus

Slender Woolly-heads - Psilocarphus tenellus

Native Species

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: SNR
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value: 3

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A native species of the Californian Floristic Province that may be a recent introduction into western Montana. The 2 known collections from Montana both came from disturbed sites.

General Description

Stems usually prostrate, branched. Leaves oblanceolate, 4–10 mm long. Heads 2–4 mm high; receptacle scales ca. 2 mm long. Achenes narrowly obovoid, compressed, ca.1 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range

Montana Range Range Descriptions

Native

Range Comments

BC to CA east to ID and Sanders County in MT (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 5

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Recency

(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)

Habitat

Vernally moist to wet soil of shallow ponds, wetland margins; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References

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- Lesica, P., B. Christiaens, D. Hanna, L. Larsen, and C. Odegard. 2013. Noteworthy collection. Madroño 60(3): 262-263.
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Citation for data on this website:
Slender Woolly-heads — Psilocarphus tenellus. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 24, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PDAST7R040