Ox-eye

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False sunflower

Ox-eye bracts

Ox-eye

False sunflower

False sunflower leaf

Ox-eye leaves

Ox-eye

Ox-eye

False sunflower

False sunflower florets

Ox-eye

Morphology

Stem

Erect, unbranched or branching above, rough.

Leaves

Opposite, simple, short-stalked, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 2 to 6 inches long, 1 to 3 inches wide, firm, usually rough, often with 3 conspicuous veins arising from bases; margins toothed; tips pointed.

Inflorescence

Heads, 1 to several, terminal, on long naked stalks, 1.25 to 2.75 inches wide; bracts ovate, in 1 or 2 series, pubescent; tips rounded to pointed.

Flower

Ray florets 10-16, to 1.5 inch long, dark yellow; disk florets numerous, corollas yellow.

Fruit

Achenes, less than 1/4 inch long, 3- or 4-angled, glabrous, reddish brown, tipped with short crown or pappus absent, enclosing small seed.

Ecology

Habitat

Dry, waste areas, roadsides, open woods, and edges of fields and thickets.

Distribution

East 1/2 of Kansas.

Additional Notes