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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Biennial or annual
General Desc:
Highly branched with fern-like leaves; stems end in flower heads of many bright purple, very narrow ray flowers surrounding yellow disc flowers.
Identification notes: Annual, occasionally biennial; stems highly branched when mature; leaves alternate, abundant and overlapping along stems; flower heads showy at tips of leafy branches, ray flowers purple, disc flowers yellow; phyllary tips green, long and pointed.
Height:
16 inches
Habitat Description: Desert scrub, grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, pondersoa pine forests, streambeds, roadsides, disturbed areas.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 8000 feet
Color:
Purple with yellow centers
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Oct
Description:
Purple ray flowers with yellow disc flowers; flower head to 2 inches wide.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
Y
Leaf Description:
Sticky-hairy, much-divided, fernlike leaves tipped with tiny spines; to 3 inches long.
Fruit Type: Achene
Seed Notes: Bristly.
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