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Morphology
- Stem
- Usually erect, usually branched.
- Leaves
- Cauline, mostly opposite, distal sometimes alternate; petiole .2 to 1.2 inch; blade deltate to ovate, lanceolate, or elliptic, 1.2 to 6 inches long, .4 to 3.2 inches wide, base acute to acuminate or truncate, margins coarsely serrate, surfaces rough.
- Inflorescence
- Heads discoid, sessile in spike-like arrays, solitary in axils of linear to ovate bracts, containing both pistillate and staminate florets, pistillate florets peripheral, staminate central; peduncles short; involucral 1/6 to 1/5 inch across, involucral bracts 3-5, subtending the mature achenes.
- Flower
- Pistillate florets 3-5; corolla white, tubular, 1/50 to 1/25 inch. Staminate florets 8-12; corolla white, funnelform, 1/12 to 1/10 inch, lobes 5.
- Fruit
- Achenes brown to brownish black, obovoid to pyriform, 1/12 to 1/6 inch, pappus absent.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Moist ground in disturbed sites
- Distribution
- East 6/7 of Kansas
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 8-48 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2014-05-24
Color Groups
White, Green & Greenish White Wildflowers
Flowering Period
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Blooms: August, September, October