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desert twinbugs

Scientific Name: Dicoria canescens ssp. wetherillii

Family: Asteraceae

Category: Dicot

Growth: Forb/herb

Duration: Annual

Other Names:

       

Dicoria canescens: Desert Twinbugs

Dicoria canescens is a North American flowering plant belonging to the daisy family (Asteraceae). It is known by the common names desert twinbugs and bugseed.

Considerations for Pets

  • This plant produces small parts (seeds).

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Dicoria canescens A. Gray
  • Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
  • Synonym: Dicoria brandegeei Gray
  • Subspecies:
    • Dicoria canescens subsp. brandegeei (A. Gray) Kartesz, comb. nov. ined.
    • Dicoria canescens ssp. hispidula
    • Dicoria canescens ssp. wetherillii

Distribution and Habitat

  • Dicoria canescens is found in North America.
  • It is sporadically common in deep sandy washes or along river flood plains where there is deep, fine soil.
  • Specific locations include the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mojave Desert, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Kane Co, UT), Baja California (Mexico), and Sonora (Mexico).
  • It grows in alkaline soils, desert washes, and flats at elevations ranging from -20 to 1700 meters in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Mexico.

Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits

  • Dicoria canescens is a forb/herb, meaning it's a non-woody plant that is not a grass.
  • It is an annual plant.

Interactions with Other Organisms

  • It is associated with other dune species like blowout grass, rosemary-mint, mule ears, and scurfpea.
  • Other associated species include: hiddenflower, large-desert evening-primrose, Wiggins' croton, Ambrosia dumosa.

Further Information

  • Discover Life has a page dedicated to the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Dicoria canescens.
  • CalPhotos has photos of Dicoria canescens.
  • Encyclopedia of Life contains information about the Asteraceae family.