About Hesperevax acaulis (Kellogg) Greene
Hesperevax acaulis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as stemless dwarf cudweed. It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in a wide range of mountain, valley, and coastal habitats, including areas that have recently been affected by wildfire. This small, woolly annual plant grows as a low, compact clump on the ground. Contrary to what its common name suggests, it sometimes produces a stem that is a few centimeters long. Its woolly leaves grow in pairs or clusters, and each leaf ranges from a few millimeters to three centimeters in length. The inflorescence sits at the center of the leaf arrangement, and is made up of either a single flower head or a tightly packed cluster of multiple heads, each just a few millimeters wide. Each flower head contains several tiny disc florets.
