Agoseris_monticola

<i>Agoseris monticola</i>

Agoseris monticola

Species of flowering plant

Agoseris monticola is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Sierra Nevada agoseris or Sierra Nevada mountain dandelion. It grows in the mountains of the western United States, primarily the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada, but also on other mountains in Nevada and Idaho.[2][3]

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Description

Agoseris monticola resembles the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in having no leafy stems, only a rosette of leaves close to the ground. There is a single flower head with many yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    The Plant List Agoseris monticola Greene
  2. [2]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. [3]
    Calflora taxon report, University of California, Agoseris monticola Greene, Mountain agoseris
  4. [4]
    Flora of North America, Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 329 Sierra Nevada agoseris, Agoseris monticola Greene
  5. [5]
    Greene, Edward Lee 1899. Pittonia 4(20D): 37 description in English


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