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Definition of Stenotus acaulis
1. Noun. Dark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Genus Stenotus, Stenotus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stenotus Acaulis
Literary usage of Stenotus acaulis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"[Greek, narrow, referring to the leaves.] About 18 species, natives of western
North America. Type species: Stenotus acaulis Nutt. 1. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"[Greek, narrow, referring to the leaves.] About 18 species, natives of western
North America. Type species: Stenotus acaulis Nutt. • Ì i. ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"... to 12 : disk-flowers rather numerous : akènes silky-pubescent : pappus white,
rigid and rather scanty.—Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 353. Stenotus acaulis, Nutt. ..."
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