SHORT-RAY PRAIRIE-CONEFLOWER
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Ratibida tagetes (E. James ) Barnhart
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| Grant County, Kansas (photo by Marion McGlohon) |
| Perennial |
| Height: 6-20 inches |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Much-branched from base. | | Leaves: | | Basal and cauline, alternate; petiole present; blade .8 to 3 inches long, .08 to 2.6 inches wide inch wide, proximal narrowly oblanceolate, pinnately lobed, cauline 1-2-pinnatifid, lobes 2-7, linear, .02 to .08 inch wide ultimate margins entire. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads 1-8, radiate, solitary or in corymb-like arrays. Peduncles .2 to 1.6 inches. Phyllaries 10-12 in 2 series, distinct. Receptacles spheric to oblong or ellipsoid, .35 to .5 inch by .24 to .5 inch. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets usually 5-10, sometimes 0; corolla usually reddish brown, sometimes yellow, .12 to .4 inch, sometimes absent. Disk florets 50-200; corolla green or purplish brown, spreading, lobes 5. | | Fruits: | | Achenes black, linear-oblong, .08 to .12 long, .05 to .08 inch wide, glabrous or ciliate distally; pappus a crown of thick, rounded teeth. | | Habitat: | | Rocky to sandy mixed-grass and shortgrass prairies. | | Distribution: | | West 2/3 of Kansas. | | Origin: | | Native | | Comments: | | The Navajo took an infusion of leaves for stomachaches, coughs, and fevers. |
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