Nothocalais alpestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name alpine lake false dandelion. It is native to the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada and other mountains from northern Washington to central California, where it grows in subalpine forests and meadows, most commonly at 1,200–2,700 m (4,000–9,000 ft) elevation.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Nothocalais |
| Species: | N. alpestris
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| Nothocalais alpestris (A.Gray) K.L. Chambers
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Description
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Nothocalais alpestris is a nearly hairless perennial herb growing from a thick caudex and reaching about 25 cm (10 in) tall. The leaves are located around the base of the stem and have toothed, wavy, or smooth edges, and sometimes a thin coat of small hairs. They measure up to 20 cm (8 in) long. The flower head is borne singly, usually on a leafless stalk. Hairless phyllaries are green, usually with tiny purple dots and nearly equal in length. The outer ones are wider than the inner. The corolla contains many yellow ray florets and no disc florets. The fruit from each floret is a cylindrical achene up to 1 cm (1⁄2 in) long, not considering the large pappus of up to 50 hairlike white bristles which may be an additional centimeter in length.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Nothocalais alpestris". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2018). "Nothocalais alpestris". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ Giblin, David, ed. (2018). "Nothocalais alpestris". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ "Nothocalais alpestris". in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
External links
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Media related to Nothocalais alpestris at Wikimedia Commons- Chambers, Kenton L. (2006). "Nothocalais alpestris". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 19. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Nothocalais alpestris in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
