Scientific Family
Asteraceae
Other common names
Hartweg's pricklyleaf
Dahlberg daisy
dogweed
golden dyssodia
golden fleece
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
To 10 inches
Riparian
No
Fiveneedled pricklyleaf refers to the leaves, which grow at closely spaced intervals at the base and along the stems; they are divided into about 5 narrow, needle-like lobes.
Woody taproot; densely branched; green or grayish-green stems; dense fine soft hairs; opposite leaves, crowded along stems; flower heads of 12 to 21 yellowish-orange ray flowers, 50 to 80 yellow disc flowers; slender stalks, bracts in 2 subequal series.
Habitat
Found on dry slopes and flats, especially on limestone soils.
Plant Community
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Interior Chaparral
Grasslands
Low elevation
3500
High elevation
5500
Flower Characteristics
Flower heads above leaves, on slender stalks to 4 inches long; 12 to 21 bracts; fine hairs on outer bracts; fused to inner bracts; inner bracts fused; 12 to 21 yellowish-orange ray florets; 1/16 to 1/4 inch long; 50 to 80 yellow disc florets.
Flower color
Yellow, yellowish-orange
Flower shape
Daisy or dandelion-like
Tubular
No
First bloom month
May
Last bloom month
August
Flower clusters
None
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves crowded along stems, leaf blades 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, divided along each side of stalk into 3 to 7 stiff, sharp, narrrow lobes, less than 1/16 inch wide, sparsely hairy, conspicuously dotted with glands.
Leaf type
Compound
Leaf color
Green, grayish-green
Leaf shape
Narrow
Leaf margin
Lobed
Leaves clasp
No
Leaf hairs
Leaves & stems
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Fruit narrow, 1/16 to 1/8 inch long, topped with of 10 irregularly toothed scales (pappus), also 1/16 to 1/8 inch long.
Fruit type
Achene
Fruit color
Black