Difference between revisions of "Wyethia angustifolia"
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| + | 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 | ||
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==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
==References== | ==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 | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 16 April 2012
First overview block: Scientific Name, Synonyms, Family, English Names, Other Names
Contents
Taxonomy
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
