CLASPING CONEFLOWER
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Dracopis amplexicaulis (Vahl ) Cass.
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| Labette County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae- Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July |
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| Stems: | | Erect, branched, grooved, glabrous; branches ascending. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, clasping, elliptic-oblong to ovate, to 4 inches long, 1.5 inches wide, glabrous, waxy; margins entire or slightly toothed; tips pointed. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads, solitary to few, terminal, about 2 inches wide; bracts in 1 series, lance-linear, green. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets 5-10, .5 to 1.25 inch long, yellowish orange, spreading or drooping, sterile; disk florets fertile, in ovoid-shaped receptacle .5 to 1 inch tall, corollas purplish brown. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, cylindric to club-shaped, glabrous, several-nerved, without bristles or scales, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Open, moist, disturbed sites, most abundant in clay soils. | | Distribution: | | Southeast 1/4 of Kansas. |
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