Asteraceae
Douglas' dustymaiden
Chaenactis douglasii
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Chaenactis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Douglas' dustymaiden
Synonyms
- Chaenactis achilleifolia var. achilleifolia
- Chaenactis achilleifolia var. douglasii (Hook. & Arn.) A.Gray
- Chaenactis brachiata Greene
- Chaenactis brachiata var. brachiata
- Chaenactis brachiata var. stansburyana Stockw.
- Chaenactis cheilanthoides Greene
- Chaenactis cinerea Stockw.
- Chaenactis douglasii var. nana Stockw.
- Chaenactis douglasii var. ramosa Stockw.
- Chaenactis douglasii var. ramosior Cronquist
- Chaenactis humilis Rydb.
- Chaenactis imbricata Greene
- Chaenactis rubricaulis Rydb.
- Chaenactis suksdorfii Stockw.
- Hymenopappus douglasii Hook.
- Macrocarphus douglasii Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.