Difference between revisions of "Wyethia angustifolia"

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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Fruit: Achenes compressed-quadrangular
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==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References==
 
==References==
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http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch
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http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=WYAN
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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
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http://herb.umd.umich.edu/
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http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Wyethia+angustifolia

Revision as of 12:44, 16 April 2012

First overview block: Scientific Name, Synonyms, Family, English Names, Other Names

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