TUBER FALSE DANDELION
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Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus (Nutt. ) Nutt.
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| Russell County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 6-12 inches |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: April, May, June |
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| Stems: | | Stemless. | | Leaves: | | In basal rosette, simple, spatulate to oblanceolate in outline, 3 to 7 inches long, 1 to 1.5 inch wide, pinnately divided to deeply toothed, loosely hairy or nearly glabrous. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads, solitary, terminal, on upright flowering stalks that are leafless or occasionally with 1 to few leaf-like bracts; heads 1 to 2 inches wide; bracts generally 13 or 21, linear, about 3/4 inch long. | | Flowers: | | Ray-like florets, 45-100, yellow, tips 5-toothed, anther tubes conspicuous, dark. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, about 1/2 inch long, 5-ribbed, beaked, tipped with many, off-white to beige, hair-like bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Open disturbed areas, pastures, and roadsides, most abundant in clay or sandy soils. | | Distribution: | | Principally central 1/3 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | False dandelion produces a spherical tuber 2 to 4 inches below the surface of the ground. | | | | The basal rosette of leaves resembles that of the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale ). |
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| | Tuber false dandelion leaves |  | | 149 KB | | Stafford County, Kansas |
| | Tuber false dandelion achenes |  | | 106 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
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| | Tuber false dandelion head |  | | 81 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Tuber false dandelion inflorescence |  | | 59 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
| | Tuber false dandelion habit |  | | 134 KB | | Russell County, Kansas |
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