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Chaenactis alpigena is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name southern Sierra pincushion. It is native to the High Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains of California, extending in the latter just into Nevada. The plant is cultivated in rock gardens as well. It grows in sandy and gravelly soil in various alpine and subalpine mountain habitat.
Plant type
Perennial herb
Color
White, Cream
Plant communities
Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 4 likely
Confirmed
Likely
Common Eupithacia
Eupithecia miserulata
Spotted Straw Sun Moth
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Fall Webworm
Hyphantria cunea
Ni Moth
Trichoplusia ni
Common names:
Southern Sierra Chaenactis, Southern Sierra Pincushion
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