Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual, 15-65 cm high, much resembling P. grandiflorus but more variable. Sap milky. Leaves mosty crowded at the base; blade usually lobed up to 6 inches long. Flowers heads up to 1 3/8 inches broad; ray flowers yellow, 5-lobed; disk flowers absent. Achenes about 3/16 inch tall, with a small beak at the top; pappus bristles up to 1/4 inches long.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification:
Occurrence: common on various soils in prairies, openings, and waste places and along roads.
Bloom Period: February-June
Plant Use:
Key to the species of Pyrrhopappus:
- Plant with tuber at base of a vertical rhizome 2-9 cm long…………………………………………………………………………………….P. grandiflorus
Plant without tuber or rhizome……………………………………………………………2
2. Fruiting involucre usually 20-25 mm long………………..P. carolinianus
Fruiting involucre usually shorter…………………………………P. pauciflorus
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