Probably because it is one of the attractive white desert flowers,
chaenactis is popularly called “morning bride.” A larger,
yellow-flowered species, _Chaenactis lanosa_, found on the California
deserts, is called “golden girls.” Both are spring flowering annuals
and, in common with other members of the genus, sometimes called
“pincushion plants.” “Morning bride” is often found growing about the
bases of creosotebushes, thriving at elevations between 1,000 and 3,500
feet in southern Nevada, western Arizona, and southeastern California.
_Chaenactis fremontii_ Sunflower Family
[Illustration: CHAENACTIS]