Agoseris glauca
| Agoseris glauca | |
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| Mount Rainier National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Genus: | Agoseris |
| Species: | A. glauca |
| Binomial name | |
| Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Raf. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Synonymy
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Agoseris glauca is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names pale agoseris, prairie agoseris, and short-beaked agoseris.
The plant is native to western and northwestern North America from Alaska east to the Northwest Territories and Ontario, south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. [2] It grows in many habitat types.
Description
Agoseris glauca is a perennial herb which varies in general appearance. It produces a basal patch of leaves of various shapes which may be as long as the plant is high.[3]
There is no stem but the plant flowers in a stemlike inflorescence which is sometimes erect, reaching heights near half a meter or taller. The flower head is one to three centimeters wide with layers of pointed phyllaries. The head is ligulate, bearing many yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[3]
The fruit is an achene with a body up to a centimeter long and a pappus which may be almost 2 centimeters in length.[3]
- Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps.
- Agoseris glauca var. glauca [4]
References
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment — Agoseris glauca
- USDA Plants Profile for Agoseris glauca
- USGS NPWRC Profile
- Agoseris glauca — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
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