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1. Glyptopleura marginata D. C. Eaton in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel). 207, plate 20, figs. 11–18. 1871.
White-margined wax-plant, carveseed
Plants 1–6 cm. Leaves 0.5–5 cm, margins conspicuously white-crustose. Heads 1–2 cm diam. Calyculi: margins of bractlets crustose-dentate ± throughout. Involucres 10–14 mm. Florets 9–18; corollas white to cream, aging pink or purple, ligules 4–10 mm, equaling or scarcely exserted beyond involucres. 2n = 18.
Flowering Apr–Jul. Sandy or rocky deserts, alkali flats, arid grasslands, often with Atriplex, sometimes with Larrea; 1000–2000 m; Calif., Idaho, Nev., Utah.
Glyptopleura marginata is found in the Great Basin and Mojave deserts.
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