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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Bushy sub-shrub having many stems; fast growing; short lived (3 to 6 years),
Identification notes: Leaves sessile or obscurely stemmed, filiform or pinnately parted into long filiform lobes; leaves mostly equal in size, usually evenly distributed or concentrated distally; small bracts that resemble a calyx are present; with or without woolly hairs.
Height:
To 4 feet
Habitat Description: Sandy or gravelly washes, plains and mesas, dry creek beds and along roads and trails.
Plant Communities:
Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2500 - 7500 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like in round clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Jun - Nov
Description:
8 to 13 rays with yellowish-orange discs: woolly side by side bracts, floppy petals in clusters: to 1-1/4 inches wide.
Leaf Color:
Grayish-green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Lobed
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Branched and bushy, alternate and deeply pinnated, divided into 5 to 9 narrow linear segments, may or may not be hairy, 1 to 4 inches long.
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: Dicotyledon fruits, each 1/8 inch long, ribbed and covered with short white hairs.
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