Golden Crown-beard
Verbesina encelioides
Observed in the ponderosa forest in the Granite Mountain Wilderness, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA. September 2012.
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FLOWERS: Numerous yellow disc and ray florets in a composite head.
Disc florets often exceed 100 in number each developing into a single-seeded fruit
variously termed an achene or cypsela. The heads are up to 2 cm or more in diameter.
LEAVES: Roughly triangular with toothed margins. Except for the top most leaves,
they are alternate on the stems.
ANNUAL: Regrows from seed each year, germinating in spring and flowering through
summer into early fall.
RANGE: Found in montane meadows and forest throughout much of western United
States.
FRUIT: The flattened dark seeds are topped with two short, 2 mm, awns and a margin of short hairs.
UNARMED.
Asteraceae -- Sunflower Family
More Information:
- Southwest Environmental Information Network
- Southwest Colorado Wildflowers
- USDA Plant Profile
- Encyclopedia of Life
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