(n)stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe, Syn.Carlina acaulis
(n)dark green erect herb of northwestern United States and southwestern Canada having stiff leaves in dense tufts and yellow flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Haplopappus, Syn.Haplopappus acaulis, Stenotus acaulis
(n)perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America, Syn.Hymenoxys acaulis, Tetraneuris acaulis
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