Global InformationHecastocleis information
| Hecastocleis | |
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| Hecastocleis shockleyi flowering heads | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Hecastocleidoideae Panero & V.A.Funk |
| Tribe: | Hecastocleideae Panero & V.A.Funk |
| Genus: | Hecastocleis A.Gray |
| Species: | H. shockleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hecastocleis shockleyi A.Gray
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Hecastocleis is a genus of low thorny shrubs with stiff branches, assigned to the daisy family. At the tip of each of the branches, inflorescences are subtended by oval, thorny, whitish to greenish bracts that enclose several flower heads which each contain only one pinkish bud, opening into a white corolla. It contains but one species, Hecastocleis shockleyi, the only representative of the tribe Hecastocleideae, and of the subfamily Hecastocleidoideae. Its vernacular name is prickleleaf. It is confined to the southwestern United States.[1]
- ^ "Hecastocleis shockleyi A. Gray". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2016-01-02. and Funk, Vicki A.; Hind, D.J. Nicholas. "Chapter 16. Hecastocleideae (Hecastocleidoideae)". In V.A. Funk; A. Susanna; T. Stuessy; R. Bayer (eds.). Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae (PDF). Vienna: International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Retrieved 2016-01-02.