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desert dandelions
Malacothrix
Malacothrix is a genus of plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. They are known generally as desert dandelions or desertdandelions. Most are native to western North America although a few have been introduced to South America. Several are found only on offshore islands in the Pacific.
Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that Malacothrix is not monophyletic. Some of its species are related to Atrichoseris, whereas a second group is more closely related to Anisocoma and Calycoseris.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
desert dandelion
speciesMalacothrix glabrata
Cliff Aster
speciesMalacothrix saxatilis
snake's-head
speciesMalacothrix coulteri
Woolly Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix floccifera
Fendler's Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix fendleri
dunedelion
speciesMalacothrix incana
sowthistle desert dandelion
speciesMalacothrix sonchoides
California desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix californica
Leafy Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix foliosa
Cleveland's desert dandelion
speciesMalacothrix clevelandii
Torrey's desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix torreyi
Malacothrix xanti
speciesMalacothrix xanti
Stebbins' Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix stebbinsii
Santa Cruz Island Malacothrix
speciesMalacothrix indecora
Santa Cruz Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix squalida
dusky-fruited malacothrix
speciesMalacothrix phaeocarpa
Malacothrix incana × foliosa
hybridMalacothrix incana × foliosa
mexican malacothrix
speciesMalacothrix similis
Sonoran Desertdandelion
speciesMalacothrix sonorae
junak's malcothrix
speciesMalacothrix junakii
Malacothrix insularis
speciesMalacothrix insularis
Malacothrix platyphylla
speciesMalacothrix platyphylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58028.