Difference between revisions of "Wyethia angustifolia"
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | *Kingdom Plantae – Plants | ||
| + | *Subkingdom -Tracheobionta – Vascular plants | ||
| + | *Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants | ||
| + | *Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants | ||
| + | *Class | ||
| + | *Subclass | ||
| + | *Order | ||
| + | *Family | ||
| + | *Genus | ||
| + | *Species | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
General: Tap-rooted, leafy-stemmed perennial, the stems stout but lax, 2-9 dm. tall, the herbage covered with short, stiff, blunt hairs. | General: Tap-rooted, leafy-stemmed perennial, the stems stout but lax, 2-9 dm. tall, the herbage covered with short, stiff, blunt hairs. | ||
Revision as of 12:47, 16 April 2012
First overview block: Scientific Name, Synonyms, Family, English Names, Other Names
Contents
Taxonomy
- Kingdom Plantae – Plants
- Subkingdom -Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
- Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
- Class
- Subclass
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
Description
General: Tap-rooted, leafy-stemmed perennial, the stems stout but lax, 2-9 dm. tall, the herbage covered with short, stiff, blunt hairs. Leaves: Leaves mostly entire, the basal ones enlarged, with narrow, elongate blades, 1.5-5 dm. long and 2.5-10 cm. wide, tapering at both ends; cauline leaves smaller and variable. Flowers: Heads usually solitary; involucral bracts lance-linear, in several series, herbaceous, with conspicuous hairs on the margins; rays 13-21, chrome-yellow, pistillate and fertile, 1.5-3.5 cm. long; disk flowers light yellow, perfect and fertile; receptacle broadly convex, chaffy throughout, the bracts clasping the achenes; pappus of petal-like appendages. Fruit: Achenes compressed-quadrangular
Bloom Period
Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
References
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=WYAN
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
http://herb.umd.umich.edu/
http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Wyethia+angustifolia
