''Stylocline micropoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

known by the common names woollyhead neststraw, woollyhead fanbract and desert neststraw. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern areas of Mexico, where it grows in desert habitat and other dry areas. It is a small annual herb growing at ground level with stems reaching about 20 centimeters in length. It is woolly or felt-like in texture with a coating of white hairs. The pointed leaves range to 2 centimeters in length and alternately arranged. The

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

bears spherical

flower heads A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...

no more than a centimeter in diameter. The head generally has no

phyllaries In botanical terminology, a phyllary, also known an involucral bract or tegule, is a single bract of the involucre of a composite flower. The involucre is the grouping of bracts together. Phyllaries are reduced leaf-like structures that form one o ...

, or has small ones that fall away early. It contains several woolly white flowers.

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Calflora Database: ''Stylocline micropoides'' (Desert nest straw, Woollyhead neststraw)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Stylocline micropoides'' USDA Plants Profile for ''Stylocline micropoides'' (woollyhead neststraw)Flora of North AmericaUC CalPhotos gallery of ''Stylocline micropoides''
micropoides North American desert flora Flora of the California desert regions Flora of Baja California Flora of Chihuahua (state) Flora of Sonora Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of the South-Central United States Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Natural history of the Mojave Desert Taxa named by Asa Gray Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Gnaphalieae-stub