Pyrrocoma crocea var. crocea

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 417.

Plants 30–60(–80) cm, usually robust. Stems erect. Basal leaves 100–450 × 20–60 mm. Heads usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3. Involucres 15–20 × 20–60 mm. Ray corollas 13–30 mm. 2n = 12, 24.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Moist, alkaline meadows, openings in pine forest
Elevation: 1900–2800 m

Discussion

Variety crocea has the largest and most attractive heads in the genus and is often used as an ornamental.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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