Acamptopappus shockleyi, or Shockley's goldenhead, is a perennial subshrub in the family Asteraceae found in and near the eastern Mojave desert in southern Nevada and southeastern California.[1][2][3]
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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: | Acamptopappus |
| Species: | A. shockleyi
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Description edit
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 edit
The species is named after William Hillman Shockley.
References edit
- ^ Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno
- ^ a b c Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 183
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 5, 184 Goldenhead Acamptopappus (A. Gray) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 8: 634. 1873.
- ^ Lane, M. A. 1988. Generic relationships and taxonomy of Acamptopappus (Compositae: Astereae). Madroño 35: 247–265.
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