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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or annual
General Desc:
Tall and erect drought tolerant plant known for a camphor-like odor released from its leaves when crushed. Long blooming with many yellow flowers at the tips of branches. Leaves basal and rarely persisting to flowering, sometimes present and withered.
Identification notes: Weedy annual or biennial, to 5 feet tall, erect, branches spreading, hairy; leaves aromatic, ovate or oblong, dentate or subentire, lower ones stemmed, deciduous, middle and upper sessile and clasping. Yellow ray flowers and yellow-orange disc flowers.
Height:
1 to 5 feet
Habitat Description: Grows along roadsides and trails, disturbed areas, dry slopes and at edges of fields.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 5500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Nov
Description:
The daisy-like flower head is 1/2 to 1 inch wide, composed of 15 to 30 slender overlapping yellow ray flowers and a yellow-orange center (disc flowers). There are many loosely clustered flower heads per plant, branching from the upper stems.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Basal and alternate
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Oval leaves 1 to 4 inches long, slightly toothed margins. Leaves along middle and upper stem are stalkless and clasping. Stem is green, upright, with branching occurring only in the upper section. Leaves and stem are sticky due to glands in the hairs.
Fruit Color: Tan
Fruit Type: Achene
Seed Notes: Achenes densely silky-hairy; bristles reddish-brown.
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