| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Agoseris purpurea (A.Gray) Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 2: 177 (1891) |
| Native Range | w. & sc. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1800-3600m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, dentate, glabrous or sparsely hirsute, capitula solitary, phyllaries green, black variegate, lanceolate, ciliate |
| Size | 15-35cm |
| Color | orange, yellow |
| 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 arizonica (Greene) Greene Agoseris attenuata Rydb. Agoseris aurantiaca var. purpurea (A.Gray) Cronquist Agoseris aurantiaca ssp. purpurea (A.Gray) G.W.Douglas Agoseris confinis Greene Agoseris frondifera Oesterh. Agoseris glauca var. cronquistii S.L.Welsh Agoseris graminifolia Greene Agoseris longirostris Green Agoseris montana Osterh. Agoseris purpurea (A.Gray) Greene Agoseris purpurea var. arizonica (Greene) G.L.Wittr. Agoseris rostrata Greene Macrorhynchus purpureus A.Gray Troximon aurantiacum var. purpureum (A.Gray) Gray Troximon montanum (Osterh.) A.Nelson Troximon purpureum (A.Gray) Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |