# Carlquistia

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image =
|status = G2
|status_system = TNC
|status_ref =
|display_parents = 4
|genus = Carlquistia
|parent_authority = [B.G.Baldw.](/source/Bruce_G._Baldwin)
|species = muirii
|authority = ([A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)) B.G.Baldw.
|synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-145034 The Plant List, ''Carlquistia muirii'' (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin ]</ref>
|synonyms =
*''Raillardella muirii'' <small>A.Gray</small> 
*''Raillardiopsis muirii'' <small>(A.Gray) Rydb.</small>
}}

'''''Carlquistia''''' is a rare [North America](/source/North_America)n genus of flowering plants in the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae) containing the single species '''''Carlquistia muirii'''''. Formerly named ''Raillardiopsis muirii'', the plant was reexamined in the 1990s and moved to a new genus of its own, separate from similar and closely related genera, such as ''[Madia](/source/Madia)''.<ref name=fna>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=316916 Flora of North America: ''Carlquistia'']</ref>  Common names for the species include '''Muir's tarplant''',<ref name=jeps>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=77556 ''Carlquistia muirii''.] The Jepson eFlora 2013</ref> '''Muir's raillardiopsis''',<ref>[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=780237 ''Carlquistia muirii''] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)</ref> and '''Muir's raillardella'''.<ref>[http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=Q1KT Muir's raillardella (''Carlquistia muirii'').] US Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile.</ref>

This plant is related to the [silversword alliance](/source/silversword_alliance) of [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii)an plants.<ref name=fna/><ref>[http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CARR/carlquistia.htm ''Carlquistia'' and the Silversword Alliance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602011005/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CARR/carlquistia.htm |date=June 2, 2010 }}</ref>

The genus was named for the American botanist [Sherwin Carlquist](/source/Sherwin_Carlquist) (1930–2021).<ref name=fna/> The specific epithet ''"muirii"'' honors Scottish-American naturalist, [John Muir](/source/John_Muir) (1838–1914).<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21280106#page/646/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1876.  Geological Survey of California, Botany 1: 618]</ref>

==Description==
''Carlquistia muirii'' is a [rhizomatous](/source/rhizome) perennial herb forming clumps or mats of stems with hairy green pointed leaves up to about 4 centimeters long. Leaves are arranged [oppositely](/source/Opposite_(botany)) on the lower stem, and alternately higher up. The [inflorescence](/source/inflorescence) is usually made up of a solitary [glandular](/source/Gland_(botany)) [flower head](/source/pseudanthium) on an erect stalk. The head contains many yellow [disc floret](/source/disc_floret)s but no [ray florets](/source/ray_florets). The fruit is a very narrow [achene](/source/achene) which may exceed one centimeter in length including its [pappus](/source/Pappus_(flower_structure)) of plumelike bristles.<ref name=fna/>

==Distribution==
''Carlquistia muirii'' is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [California](/source/California). It has a [discontinuous distribution](/source/disjunct_distribution), occurring in the southern [Sierra Nevada](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)) ([Fresno](/source/Fresno_County%2C_California), [Tulare](/source/Tulare_County%2C_California), and [Kern Counties](/source/Kern_County%2C_California)) and on the other western side of the [San Joaquin Valley](/source/San_Joaquin_Valley) around the [Ventana Double Cone](/source/Ventana_Double_Cone) in the [Santa Lucia Mountains](/source/Santa_Lucia_Mountains) of Monterey County.<ref name=fna/><ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Carlquistia+muirii Calflora taxon report, University of California, ''Carlquistia muirii''  (Gray) B.G. Baldwin Muir's tarplant ]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAMU27 ''Carlquistia muirii''.] United States Department of Agriculture plants profile
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carlquistia+muirii ''Carlquistia muirii''.] CalPhotos photo gallery, University of California.

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Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Madieae

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