Английская Википедия:Agoseris glauca

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Agoseris glauca is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names false dandelion,[1] pale agoseris, prairie agoseris, and short-beaked agoseris. It is native to western North America.

Description

Agoseris glauca is a perennial herb which varies in general appearance. Growing up to Шаблон:Convert,[2] it produces a basal patch of leaves of various shapes which may be as long as the plant is high,[3] but are typically up to Шаблон:Convert.[2]

There is no stem, but from May to September[2] the plant flowers in a stemlike inflorescence which is sometimes erect, reaching heights near Шаблон:Convert or taller. The flower head is Шаблон:Convert wide with layers of pointed phyllaries. The head is ligulate, bearing many yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[3] The rays may become pinkish with age.[1]

The fruit is an achene with a body up to a centimeter long and a pappus, which may be almost 2 cm in length.[3]

Similar species

Other species in the genus known as false dandelion or mountain dandelion, as well as true dandelions, can be distinguished from A. glauca by differences in their fruit.[2]

Taxonomy

Varieties[4][3]
  • Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps.
  • Agoseris glauca var. glauca[5]

Distribution and habitat

The plant is native to western and northwestern North America from Alaska east to the Northwest Territories and Ontario, southeast to California, Arizona, and New Mexico.[6] It grows in many habitat types, usually those which are non-forested.[1]

Uses

The plant contains a bitter milky juice, which solidifies into a substance that can be chewed as gum; this may have been done by some Plains Indians.[1]

References

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External links

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