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annual agoseris, annual false dandelion, mountain dandelion

Coast Range agoseris, woolly goat chicory

Habit Annuals.
Stems

0 or 1 (erect, 0–5 cm).

0.

Leaves

mostly erect, sometimes prostrate;

petioles not purplish, margins glabrous or ciliate;

blades usually oblanceolate to spatulate, rarely linear, 1–25 cm, margins entire or lobed;

lobes 2–3 pairs, linear to spatulate, spreading to antrorse, lobules mostly 0, glabrous or densely hairy.

erect to ascending;

petioles rarely purplish, petiole margins glabrous or tomentose;

blades narrowly to broadly oblanceolate, (7–)10–30 cm, margins usually lobed to pinnatifid, rarely dentate, lobes 5–7(–9) pairs, lanceolate to oblanceolate, spreading to antrorse, lobules sometimes present, faces sparsely to densely hairy.

Peduncles

elongating after flowering, 3–60 cm in fruit, glabrous or glabrate, or basally puberulent and apically hairy to tomentose, sometimes stipitate-glandular.

not notably elongating after flowering, 10–45 cm in fruit, glabrate, or basally and apically pubescent to villous, mostly stipitate-glandular.

Involucres

cylindric to hemispheric, 1–2 cm in fruit.

obconic to campanulate, 1.5–2.5 cm in fruit.

Receptacles

epaleate.

epaleate.

Florets

5–100(–300);

corollas yellow, tubes 1–5 mm, ligules 2–15 × 1–3 mm;

anthers 1–4 mm.

50–250;

corollas yellow, tubes 3–6 mm, ligules 6–16 × 2–3 mm;

anthers 3–5 mm.

Phyllaries

in 2–3 series, green or medially rosy purple, sometimes purple-black spotted or tipped, subequal to unequal, margins glabrous or ciliate, faces usually puberulent to villous, mostly stipitate-glandular, sometimes glabrous;

outer erect or spreading, adaxially usually villous to lanate, sometimes glabrous;

inner erect, ± elongating after flowering.

in 2–3 series, green or medially rosy purple, sometimes purple-black speckled, margins ciliate, faces ± villous, stipitate-glandular;

outer erect to spreading, adaxially ± tomentose;

inner erect, elongating after flowering.

Cypselae

7–16 mm, bodies mostly fusiform to obconic, sometimes tumid, 2–5(–10) mm, beaks 5–11 mm, lengths 1–4 times bodies, ribs 0 or alate, straight to strongly undulate, uniform or diminishing proximally;

pappus bristles in 2–3 series, 4–9 mm.

9–14 mm;

bodies fusiform to narrowly conic, 3–5 mm, beaks 6–10 mm, lengths 1–3 times bodies, ribs flattened, ridged, or subalate, straight or slightly undulate;

pappus bristles in 3–4 series, (4–)6–10 mm.

2n

= 18.

Agoseris heterophylla

Agoseris hirsuta

Phenology Flowering mostly Apr–Jun, rarely Sep–Dec.
Habitat Mesic to dry grasslands, oak woodlands, and coastal scrub-lands
Elevation 10–700 m (0–2300 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; BC; nw Mexico (including Guadalupe Island) [Introduced in Europe (Sweden)]
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CA
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Agoseris hirsuta occurs primarily on grassy hills in the San Francisco Bay area and extends both north and south in the Coast Ranges. It has been treated as A. apargioides subsp. or var. apargioides in recent floras. Agoseris hirsuta is closely related to A. apargioides and A. heterophylla. Morphologically, it is similar to A. heterophylla var. cryptopleura. Putative hybrids with A. apargioides, A. grandiflora var. grandiflora, A. heterophylla var. cryptopleura, and A. retrorsa have been collected.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Ligules 10–15 mm, much surpassing phyllaries; anthers 2–4 mm; leaf blades toothed to lobed, lobes mostly 3–4(–5) pairs
var. cryptopleura
1. Ligules 2–4 mm, subequaling phyllaries; anthers 1–1.5 mm; leaf margins entire, toothed, or lobed, lobes mostly 2–3 pairs
→ 2
2. Peduncle lengths 0.5–3 times leaves at flowering; leaf blades glabrous abaxially, pubescent adaxially; peduncles mostly glabrate, or apically tomentose
var. quentinii
2. Peduncle lengths mostly 1.5–4.5 times leaves at flowering; leaf blades uniformly glabrous or hairy; peduncles ± glabrate, or apically hairy to villous, sometimes glabrous
var. heterophylla
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 332. FNA vol. 19, p. 332.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Agoseris Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Agoseris
Sibling taxa
A. apargioides, A. aurantiaca, A. glauca, A. grandiflora, A. hirsuta, A. monticola, A. parviflora, A. retrorsa, A. ×elata
A. apargioides, A. aurantiaca, A. glauca, A. grandiflora, A. heterophylla, A. monticola, A. parviflora, A. retrorsa, A. ×elata
Subordinate taxa
A. heterophylla var. cryptopleura, A. heterophylla var. heterophylla, A. heterophylla var. quentinii
Synonyms Macrorhynchus heterophyllus Leontodon hirsutum, Macrorhynchus harfordii, Taraxacum hirsutum
Name authority (Nuttall) Greene: Pittonia 2: 178. (1891) (Hooker) Greene: Pittonia 2: 177. (1891)
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