Agoseris heterophylla |
Agoseris grandiflora |
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annual agoseris |
large-flowered agoseris |
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Habit | Scapose, slender annual, usually glabrous, often with several scapes from the base, 3-40 cm. tall, with milky juice. | Scapose, stout perennial, 2-7 dm. tall, somewhat hairy when young, the juice milky. |
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, oblanceolate to broadly linear, entire to deeply pinnatifid, 10-25 cm. long and 1-3 cm. wide. |
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, large and many-flowered; involucre 1.5-4 cm. high, its outer bracts broad and short, the inner narrower and elongate; 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 4-7 mm. long, tapering to a slender beak 2-4 times as long. |
Agoseris heterophylla |
Agoseris grandiflora |
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Flowering time | April-July | May-August |
Habitat | Dry, open areas at low to mid-elevations. | Prairies, balds, meadows, and forest openings, often where seasonally dry, from low 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; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho and Nevada.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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