OLD PLAINSMAN
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Hymenopappus scabiosaeus L'Her. var. corymbosus (T. & G. ) B.L. Turner
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| Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Chase County, Kansas |
| Biennial |
| Height: 1-3 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Also Called: | | White-bract hymenopappus. | | Stems: | | Stiffly erect, solitary or occasionally clustered, branched above, angled, ribbed, nearly glabrous below, usually woolly above. | | Leaves: | | Occur in basal rosettes and alternate on stems, stalked, 2-6 inches long and 1/2 to 3 inches wide, pinnately divided 1-2 times; segments linear, green and glabrous above, white-woolly beneath; tips pointed; upper leaves reduced, less divided, nearly sessile. | | Inflorescences: | | Cymes, panicle-like, flat-topped to rounded, terminal; heads 40-100, hemispheric, about 1/2 inch wide; bracts 6-14, petal-like, tips yellowish white to greenish white. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets absent; disk florets 20-60, corollas white to cream. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, small, 4-angled, short-hairy, tipped with 14-18 minute, blunt scales, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry, open prairies, rocky hillsides, and roadsides, frequently in close proximity to limestone outcrops. | | Distribution: | | East 2/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Old plainsman is hardy and drought resistant. | | | | See also yellow plainsman Hymenopappus flavescens . |
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