Adenocaulon bicolor Hook.

  • 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

    Adenocaulon bicolor Hook.

  • Description

    Species Description - Fibrous-rooted slender perennial to 1 m; lvs mostly near the base, long-petiolate, large and thin, deltoid-ovate to cordate or subreniform, 3–15 cm wide, essentially glabrous above, closely white-woolly beneath, entire to more often coarsely toothed or shallowly lobed; invol bracts 2 mm or less, reflexed in fr and eventually deciduous; achenes clavate, 5–8 mm; 2n=46. Moist, shady woods; n. Minn. and n. Mich.; s. B.C. to Calif. and Mont. May–Aug.

  • Common Names

    trail-plant