Agoseris apargioides

Taxobox
name = "Agoseris apargioides"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus=Cichorieae
genus = "Agoseris"
species = "A. apargioides"
binomial = "Agoseris apargioides"
binomial_authority = (Less.) Greene

"Agoseris apargioides" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names woolly goat chicory and seaside dandelion. It is native to the west coast of the United States where it grows on beaches and in coastal woodland and grassland. This is a perennial herb growing a flat, drooping, or erect stem; there is sometimes no actual stem and the upright part of the plant is all part of the inflorescence. The leaves are mostly basal and are variable in shape. They are up to 15 centimeters long. The tall peduncle of the inflorescence brings the maximum height near 45 centimeters. The flower head is up to 2 centimeters wide and lined with woolly phyllaries. It is filled with yellow, or less often orange to reddish, ray florets and no disc florets. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long, not counting a beak which is much longer and the white pappus.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,633,634 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGAP2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066032 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Agoseris+apargioides Photo gallery]