Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Taprooted, several-stemmed perennial 2–4(–5) dm, ± pubescent with long or short, appressed or spreading hairs; lvs numerous, nearly alike, oblong-elliptic to linear- oblanceolate, acute to rounded, seldom over 5 × 1 cm, mostly entire, the lower tending to be short- petiolate, the lowermost deciduous; heads several, the invol 5–10 mm, ± strigose or hirsute and sometimes also glandular, its bracts regularly imbricate, gradually tapering to a point, often purple-tipped; rays mostly 10–35, 6–10 mm; achenes narrowly obovate, 3–5-nerved; 2n=18, 36. Dry, open, often sandy places; Minn. to Mo., w. to B.C., Calif., and Tex. July–Oct. (Heterotheca v.) Two or more vars. with us, others farther w.