Agoseris aurantiaca

Taxobox
name = "Agoseris aurantiaca"

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image_width = 230px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus=Cichorieae
genus = "Agoseris"
species = "A. aurantiaca"
binomial = "Agoseris aurantiaca"
binomial_authority = (Hook.) Greene

"Agoseris aurantiaca" is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name orange agoseris. It is native to western North America from Alaska and western Canada to Arizona and New Mexico. It is a resident of many habitat types. This is a perennial herb producing a basal patch of long leaves which are variable in shape but can reach nearly 40 centimeters in length. There is no stem, but several inflorescences on tall, erect, stemlike peduncles which can be up to half a meter tall. The inflorescence holds a flower head up to 3 centimeters wide lined with woolly phyllaries. The head is filled with ray florets with squared, toothed tips in shades of deep orange to red. There are occasionally yellow flowers. The heads are ligulate, lacking disc florets. The fruit is an achene which may be over a centimeter long with its long beak and bristly pappus included.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,633,637 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGAU2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066033 Flora of North America]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Agoseris+aurantiaca Photo gallery]