Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Agoseris retrorsa (Benth.) Greene trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 2: 178 (1891) |
Native Range | w. USA to Baja California Norte |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 400-2300m |
Description | softly white hirsute, leaves linear to oblanceolate, pinnatilobate, capitula numerous, involucre 2-6cm, outer phyllaries oblong-lanceolate, acute, red spotted, tomentose |
Size | 15-65cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Agoseris retrorsa Kuntze Macrorhynchus angustifolius Kellogg Macrorhynchus retrorsus Benth. Troximon retrorsum (Benth.) A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |