Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Troximon aurantiacum Hook. |
Agoseris angustissima Greene | |
Agoseris gaspensis Fernald | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 200-3600m |
Description | glabrous, leaves 5-35cm long, 1-3cm wide, usually obtuse, entire, capitula very rarely yellow, usually fading purple |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Eastern Canada (Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
aurantiaca carnea (Rydb.) Lesica, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6(1): 25 (2012)
aurantiaca purpurea (A.Gray) Cronquist, Rhodora 50: 33 (1948)
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