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Agoseris glauca
pale agoseris, short-beaked agoseris
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Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and Great Lakes region.

Habitat: Open forests and open areas, from low to high elevations in the mountains.

Flowers: May-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles

Description:
General:

Highly variable, scapose, glabrous or hairy, sometimes glaucous perennial, 1-7 dm. tall, with milky juice.

Leaves:

Leaves all basal, linear to broadly oblanceolate, 5-35 cm. long and 1-30 mm. wide, entire or toothed to laciniate-pinnatifid.

Flowers:

Head solitary on the scape; involucre 1-3 cm. high, the bracts imbricate or sub-equal, sharply pointed or blunt; corollas all ligulate, yellow.

Fruits:

Achene body 5-12 mm. long, gradually tapering to a stout beak marked with fine, parallel lines, the beak very short to as long as the body.

Accepted Name:
Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Raf.
Publication: Herb. Raf. 39. 1833.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Agoseris glauca in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.

WA Flora Checklist: Agoseris glauca checklist entry.

OregonFlora: Agoseris glauca information.

E-Flora BC: Agoseris glauca atlas page.

CalPhotos: Agoseris glauca photos.

USDA Plants: Agoseris glauca information.

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