XKrascheninnikovia lanata - WinterfatX
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Winterfat -or- White Sage (Krascheninnikovia lanata), family Amaranthaceae (Amaranth)
Was in the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae, per WIKIPEDIA, and still mostly shown there. Flora of North America still places Winterfat in the Goosefoot family. See their page on Winterfat here. The species is a valued food source for livestock, especially sheep.
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Plant location:Silver Canyon Road - Bishop - California - April 25, 2017
Found in about half of the western United States and Canada -USA: AZ , CA , CO , ID , KS , MT , ND , NE , NM , NV , OK , OR , SD , TX , UT , WA , WY - Canada: MB , SK , YT Plant -
Bloom season: May through July, commonly.
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Silver Canyon Road - Bishop - California - April 25, 2017
Our most technical description ever: the 'blooms' of Krascheninnikovia lanata appear to consist mainly of stamens sticking out of the fluffy white stuff. You heard it here first. -
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