Scientific Family
Asteraceae
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
To 4 feet
Riparian
No
Bushy sub-shrub having many stems; fast growing; short lived (3 to 6 years),
Leaves sessile or obscurely stemmed, filiform or pinnately parted into long filiform lobes; leaves mostly equal in size, usually evenly distributed or concentrated distally; small bracts that resemble a calyx are present; with or without woolly hairs.
Habitat
Sandy or gravelly washes, plains and mesas, dry creek beds and along roads and trails.
Plant Community
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Montane Conifer Forest
Interior Chaparral
Grasslands
Disturbed Areas
Desert Scrub
Low elevation
2500
High elevation
7500
Flower Characteristics
8 to 13 rays with yellowish-orange discs: woolly side by side bracts, floppy petals in clusters: to 1-1/4 inches wide.
Flower color
Yellow
Flower shape
Daisy or dandelion-like
Tubular
No
First bloom month
June
Last bloom month
November
Flower clusters
Rounded
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Branched and bushy, alternate and deeply pinnated, divided into 5 to 9 narrow linear segments, may or may not be hairy, 1 to 4 inches long.
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Grayish-green
Leaf shape
Pinnatifid
Leaf margin
Lobed
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Dicotyledon fruits, each 1/8 inch long, ribbed and covered with short white hairs.
Fruit type
Achene