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Pyrrocoma uniflora

Asteraceae

One-Flowered Goldenweed

Pyrrocoma uniflora
Decumbent to ascending. Stems usually tinged red. Leaves lance-shaped, coated with woolly hairs. Basal leaves 1–5 in. long; few stem leaves shorter, clasping. Flower heads usually single or to 4, cup bracts in 2 rows, leaf-like, coated with fine to woolly hairs. Ray flowers yellow, 25–50, disk flowers 60. Grows in alkaline meadows, marshes, mudflats, near springs, at high elevations.

  • Rarity: Locally Common
  • Flowering Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
  • Flower Form: Senecio Tribe,Composite
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Height: 3–15 inches
  • Habitat: Bog/Fen/Wetland, Meadow, Subalpine
  • Found In: Steens
  • Native: Yes
  • Also Known As: Howell's Goldenweed
  • Latin Synonyms: Haplopappus uniflorus, Pyrrocoma uniflora var. uniflora, Haplopappus uniflorus var. howellii

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