Viscid euthamia

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Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia inflorescence

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia florets

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia leaves

Viscid euthamia leaves

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia

Viscid euthamia heads

Morphology

Stem

Erect, simple or loosely clustered, branching in upper 1/2 to 2/3, mostly glabrous, often sticky.

Leaves

Alternate, thick, firm; basal and lower stem leaves drop early; persistent stem leaves numerous, sessile, entire, linear or linear-lanceolate, 1.5 to 3.5 inches long, less than 1/3 inch wide, densely glandular-dotted, 1 prominent vein; margins rough; tip gradually tapering to slender point.

Inflorescence

Corymb-like, broad, more or loss flat-topped; heads numerous, mostly sessile, in small clusters.

Flower

Involucre to 1/4 inch tall; bracts overlapping, blunt, inner ones pointed, straw-colored; ray florets 5-20, yellow, to 1/10 inch long; disk florets about 1/2 as many as rays.

Fruit

Achenes, short-hairy, several-nerved, tipped with numerous white bristles, enclosing small seed.

Ecology

Habitat

Rocky upland prairies and roadsides; open, drying sites; sandy or rocky soils.

Distribution

Throughout Kansas.

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