WAX GOLDENWEED
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Grindelia ciliata (Nutt. ) Spreng.
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| [=Haplopappus ciliatus (Nutt. ) DC.] |
| Russell County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 2-5 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September |
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| Stems: | | Erect, stout, solitary, simple below, short-branched at top, very leafy, glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, sessile, clasping, firm, egg-shaped, 1 to 3 inches long, .5 to 1.5 inch wide, conspicuously veined; margins with sharp, bristle-tipped teeth; tips rounded or blunt; leaves generally on upper 2/3 of stem. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads, few in open cymes or sometimes solitary, terminal, hemispheric, .75 to 1.5 inch wide; bracts overlapping in 4-5 series; tips narrow-pointed, turning outward. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets approximately 25-45, about 1/2 inch long, yellow; disk florets yellow. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, oval to oblong, somewhat flattened, glabrous, tipped with numerous, rigid, yellowish to reddish brown bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry, open, sandy or rocky hillsides and waste places. | | Distribution: | | Nearly throughout Kansas. | | Comments: | | Named for German botanist David Hieronymus Grindel, who lived from 1777-1836. Wax goldenweed is avoided by grazing livestock. |
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