Acamptopappus shockleyi

Acamptopappus shockleyi, the Shockley's goldenhead, is a perennial subshrub in the (sunflower family) found in and near the eastern Mojave desert in southern Nevada and southeastern California.[1][2][3]

Acamptopappus shockleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Acamptopappus
Species:
A. shockleyi
Binomial name
Acamptopappus shockleyi

Description

Acamptopappus shockleyi is a perennial subshrub. Flower heads are borne singly, with both ray flowers and disk flowers, compared to Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus which also grows in the Mojave desert but has only disc flowers on heads in corymbose arrays.[2][4][5]

Acamptopappus shockleyi grows from 3,000 to 6,200 feet (910 to 1,890 m) in flats and washes of the eastern Mojave Desert, White Mountains, Inyo Mountains, and areas of southern Nevada.[2]

Etymology

The species is named after William Hillman Shockley.

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References
  1. Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno
  2. Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 183
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 5, 184 Goldenhead Acamptopappus (A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 8: 634. 1873.
  5. Lane, M. A. 1988. Generic relationships and taxonomy of Acamptopappus (Compositae: Astereae). Madroño 35: 247–265.


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