Hymenoxys herbacea (Greene) Cusick

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hymenoxys herbacea (Greene) Cusick

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial from a stout, ± fibrous-rooted caudex; lvs tufted, all basal, oblanceolate, 1–8 cm × 1.5–10 mm, ± densely villous or sericeous when young, soon glabrate, strongly punctate; scape 5–25 cm; head solitary, the disk 8–20 mm wide; invol bracts broadly rounded at the tip; rays 0.5–2 cm; 2n=28. Rare and local in prairie remnants and in open, rocky places about Lake Erie; Ill. to O. and s. Ont. May, June. (Actinea h.; Tetraneuris h.; Hymenoxys acaulis var. glabra, misapplied)

  • Common Names

    lakeside daisy