bigflower agoseris (Annadel plants)

bigflower agoseris

Agoseris grandiflora

Summary ⁵

Agoseris grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names bigflower agoseris and grassland agoseris. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah, where it grows in many habitat types. This is a perennial herb producing a basal patch of leaves of various shapes reaching maximum lengths of 50 centimeters. There is usually no stem, but there is sometimes a rudimentary one. The...

Taxon biology ⁶

Agoseris grandiflora is broadly distributed across the western portion of North America including California to Alaska and eastward to Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah. This flowering plant is found in a variety of habitats including frassland, scrub and woodland at elevations of less than 2000 meters.

Also known as Mountain dandelion, this perennial reaches a height of 25 to 100 centimeters. Leaves are linear to oblanceolate, acute to long-tapered. The inflorescence exhibits phyllaries that are lanceolate to ovate, often red-tinged, with tips prominent. There are many flowers per plant, manifesting yellow ligules. The fruit measures a characteristic size of 3.5 to 7.0 millimeters.

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(c) Robert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/44055945@N06/5658670293
(c) 2012 Richard Spellenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=407393&one=T
(c) 2012 Richard Spellenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=407394&one=T
(c) 2001 CDFA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=104390&one=T
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoseris_grandiflora
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/7279058

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