Chaenactis cusickii A. Gray

Chaenactis cusickii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Am
ed.2. P: 452. 1886.
A low annual, diffusely branched at the base; stem decumbent, 1 dm. high or less, sparingly
floccose-tomentulose, soon glabrate; leaves rather fleshy, entire, spatulate-linear, 2-3 cm. long;
peduncles short; involucre subtended by a linear leaf, hemispheric, 7-8 mm. high and 10-12
mm. broad; bracts thick, broadly linear, with obscure midrib; corollas 5-6 mm. long, white,
the marginal ones not enlarged; achenes 6 mm. long, hirsute; squamellae of the pappus 10,
about 3 mm. long, linear-oblong, nearly equal, about equaling the corolla-tube.
Type locality: Sandy hills of the Malheur, Oregon. Distribution: Oregon and Idaho.