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Pale Agoseris
Agoseris dasycarpa
  
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About Pale Agoseris (Agoseris dasycarpa) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Agoseris glauca is a North American species of flowering plants in the daisy family known by the common names pale agoseris, prairie agoseris, and short-beaked agoseris. The plant is native to western and northwestern North America from Alaska east to the Northwest Territories and Ontario, south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico. It grows in many habitat types. Agoseris glauca is a perennial herb which varies in general appearance. It produces a basal patch of leaves of various shapes which may be as long as the plant is high. There is no stem but the plant flowers in a stemlike inflorescence which is sometimes erect, reaching heights near half a meter or taller. The flower head is one to three centimeters wide with layers of pointed phyllaries. The head is ligulate, bearing many yellow ray florets but no disc florets. The fruit is an achene with a body up to a centimeter long and a pappus which may be almost 2 centimeters in length. VarietiesAgoseris glauca var. dasycephala (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps. Agoseris glauca var. glauca
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Grasses

Size
Size
1 - 2 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow

Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 21.1" - 24.7", Summer Precipitation: 1.38" - 1.95", Coldest Month: 29.9" - 34.0", Hottest Month: 52.7" - 62.5", Humidity: 1.41" - 16.71", Elevation: 4275" - 8422"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Prairie Agoseris, Short-beaked Agoseris


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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