Malacothrix

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Read about Malacothrix in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Malacothrix(Greek words, meaning soft hair). Compositae. Annual and perennial herbs of W. N. Amer., one of which is listed; species probably 20: leafy-stemmed or scapose, usually with a radical cluster of lvs.: heads yellow, white or pinkish, peduncled, usually nodding in bud; receptacle naked or bristly; fls. all ligulate, hermaphrodite: achene short, terete, ribbed, with soft pappus-bristles. M. californica, DC. Annual, acaulescent, bearing single rather large light yellow heads on scapes 4-6 in. high: lvs. prominently woolly when young, pinnatifid, the lobes linear to almost filiform: involucre-bracts narrow-linear or subulate, in about 3 series. Sandy soils, Calif. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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