Anisocoma acaulis (scale bud) is a wildflower found in the Mojave, Colorado Deserts, and California's Owens Valley above 2000 ft (states of Arizona, Nevada, California, Baja California, and Sonora), up to about 7000 ft.Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distributioni mapCONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.. It is the only known member of genus Anisocoma.Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1845. Boston Journal of Natural History 5(1): 111 description in Latin, commentary in EnglishTorrey, John & Asa Gray. 1845. Boston Journal of Natural History 5(1): plate XIII, figures 7–11 line drawings as illustrations The plant grows a flat mat of jagged lobed leaves that lie on the ground. It sends up stalks up to 20 centimeters tall topped with flowers which bloom from April to June. The flowers may be yellow or white with yellow centers. The frilly ray florets are rectangular with flat or slightly toothed tips. This flower is found growing in colonies in sandy places and washes, and bleeds milky sap if cut. The common name "scale bud" is a reference to the scaly appearance of the closed flower bud.Flora of North America Anisocoma acaulis Torrey & A. Gray Flowerhead closeup, at ~5500ft in Eastern Sierra Nevada CA
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anisocoma acaulis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAnisocoma acaulis carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Stebbins et al. 1953
n 71×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tomb, A. S., K. L. Chambers, D. W. KYHOS, A. M. Powell & P. H. RAVEN. 1978. Chromosome numbers in the Compositae XIV. Lactuceae. Amer. J. Bot. 65: 717–721.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 626≤1 km 91≤10 km 53>10 km 50
820 georeferenced · 398 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 218
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 33≤1 km 126≤10 km 148>10 km 14
321 georeferenced · 499 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence820
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions34 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
218
Riverside, US
137
San Diego, US
68
Santa Barbara, US
50
Bronx, US
29
CASlocation not on record
25
Davis, US
22
San Luis Obispo, US
20
US
18
Logan, US
14
Henderson, US
14
Irvine, US
11
Flagstaff, US
11
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
9
Phoenix, US
9
ASUlocation not on record
8
Arcata, US
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
6
Long Beach, US
5
Los Angeles, US
5
San Jose, US
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
INFlocation not on record
4
EL PASO, US
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Northridge, US
3
Provo, US
3
Pocatello, US
2
Moscow, US
2
Boise, US
2
Angwin, US
2
San Bernardino, US
2
Ensenada, MX
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Pullman, US
1
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Austin, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Santa Cruz, US
1
45 institutions · 748 of 820 vouchered records shown · 72 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Anisocoma acaulis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median13.7 °C 13.7–13.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.4 °C
Max temp (day)21.1 °C
Min temp (night)7.40 °C
Precipitation23.6 mm/mo
Air humidity47.6 %
Moisture balance-131 mm/mo
Vapour deficit827 Pa
Wind speed4.90 m/s
Cloud cover33.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 038 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
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