Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 2: 177 (1891) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. & c. USA, e. Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | 8-40cm |
Color | orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Agoseris angustissima Greene Agoseris arachnoidea Rydb. Agoseris gaspensis Fernald Agoseris gracilens (A.Gray) Kuntze Agoseris gracilens var. greenei (A.Gray) Jeps. Agoseris gracilenta Greene Agoseris gracilenta var. greenei (A.Gray) Greene Agoseris greenei (A.Gray) Rydb. Agoseris howellii Greene Agoseris nana Rydb. Agoseris naskapensis J.Rousseau & Raymond Agoseris prionophylla Greene Agoseris roseata Rydb. Agoseris subalpina G.N.Jones Agoseris vulcanica Greene Macrorhynchus aurantiacus Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Stylopappus pumilus D.Dietr. Troximon arachnoideum A.Nelson Troximon aurantiacum Hook. Troximon gracilens A.Gray Troximon gracilens var. greenei A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |