Calflora: Chaenactis fremontii

Chaenactis fremontii A. Gray

Fremont pincushion, pincushion flower

Chaenactis fremontii, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Feb--May

Communities:	Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland, Valley Grassland, Chaparral
Habitat:	slopes [Walker]
Elevation:	between 100 and 3500 feet
Family:	ASTERACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Chaenactis found in California.

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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Fresno: 10 / 9 CCH Imperial: 21 / 20 CCH Inyo: 93 / 89 CCH Kings: 2 / 2 CCH Kern: 105 / 96 CCH Los Angeles: 52 / 48 CCH Mono: 5 / 4 CCH Orange: 1 / 1 CCH Riverside: 197 / 194 CCH Santa Barbara: 3 / 2 CCH San Bernardino: 335 / 325 CCH San Diego: 117 / 111 CCH San Luis Obispo: 13 / 10 CCH Ventura: 3 / 3 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Chaenactis fremontii from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CHFR)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database