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Agoseris heterophylla

Agoseris ×elata

annual agoseris

tall agoseris, tall goat-chicory
Habit Scapose, slender annual, usually glabrous, often with several scapes from the base, 3-40 cm. tall, with milky juice. Scapose, mostly glabrous, stout perennial, 2-7 dm. tall, with milky juice.
Leaves

Leaves oblanceolate, toothed or pinnatifid to entire, up to 15 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide, mostly basal, but a few on the base of the stem.

Leaves all basal, 10-30 cm. long and 1-7 cm. wide, entire or pinnatifid.
Flowers

Heads solitary, small;

involucre 5-13 mm. high in flower, elongating in fruit, with a few soft hairs;

corollas all ligulate, yellow.

Head solitary on the scape;

involucre 2-3 cm. high, its bracts imbricate, the outer broader and blunter than the inner;

corollas all ligulate, yellow.
Fruits

Achene body 2-5 mm. long, prominently ribbed or winged, tapering to a slender beak 2-3 times as long.

Achene body 8-10 mm. long, tapering to a slender beak of equal length.

Agoseris heterophylla

Agoseris ×elata
Flowering time April-July June-July
Habitat Dry, open areas at low to mid-elevations. Meadows and open woods, from the valleys to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Arizona.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; south-central British Columbia to California.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
A. ×agrestis, A. apargioides, A. aurantiaca, A. ×elata, A. glauca, A. grandiflora, A. monticola, A. retrorsa
A. ×agrestis, A. apargioides, A. aurantiaca, A. glauca, A. grandiflora, A. heterophylla, A. monticola, A. retrorsa
Subordinate taxa
A. heterophylla var. heterophylla
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