Flora of North America species comparison

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Urospermum picroides

bristly tail seed, prickly goldenfleece
Leaves

proximal blades 8–15 × 3–5+ cm, distal 4–8+ × 1–3+ cm.
Peduncles

5–15+ cm.
Phyllaries

free portions lance-linear, abaxial faces setose or ± glabrate.
Cypselae

(including beaks) 10–15 mm;

pappi 9–12 mm.
2n

= 8, 10.

Urospermum picroides
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Disturbed sites
Elevation 0–400 m (0–1300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Europe; Asia [Introduced in North America; also introduced in South America, s Africa]
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 297.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Cichorieae > Urospermum
Synonyms Tragopogon picroides
Name authority (Linnaeus) F. W. Schmidt: Samml. Phys.-Oekon. Aufsätze 1: 275. (1795)
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