Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Raf.

Pale agoseris (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Agoseris

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 30 cm tall. It has milky sap. The flowers are yellow. The dry fruit (achenes) have ribbed beaks less than half as long as the body.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.55
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet meadows, stream margins, swales, other moist sites, grasslands, steppes, meadow habitats, slightly alkaline or saline sites, mostly in silts, clays, and other fine-textured soils; at elevations from 100-2,500m.
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It is a temperate plant. It grows in open grassy foothills.
Light 7-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

The leaves are chewed or crushed to release the latex and the latex is chewed.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves saps stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Agoseris glauca leaf picture by Michael Finch (cc-by-sa)
Agoseris glauca leaf picture by Michael Finch (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Agoseris glauca flower picture by Michael Finch (cc-by-sa)
Agoseris glauca flower picture by Michael Finch (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Agoseris glauca world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7222-2
WFO ID wfo-0000036905
COL ID B2CD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Microrhynchus glaucus Agoseris procera Agoseris glauca Agoseris microdonta Tragopogon glaucus Agoseris longula Agoseris vicinalis Agoseris lacera Agoseris scorzonerifolia Agoseris lapathifolia Troximon glaucum var. glaucum Microrhynchus glaucus var. glaucus Agoseris glauca subsp. glauca Agoseris glauca var. glauca Agoseris scorzonerifolia var. scorzonerifolia

Lower taxons

Agoseris glauca var. dasycephala