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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Perennial; sap milky; herbage generally long-hairy
Stems erect, 110 dm
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate
Inflorescence: heads ligulate, fewmany in cymes or panicles; involucre cylindric; phyllaries in 24 series of different lengths; receptacle naked
Flowers fewmany; ligules yellow, white, or orange, readily withering
Fruit cylindric, slender; pappus of many slender bristles, brittle, dull white, tawny, or brownish
Species in genus: ± 250 species: ± worldwide
Etymology: (Greek: hawk)
Many reproduce only by asexual seeds.
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Stolons 0
Stems 13 dm, simple or few-branched, glabrous or puberulent
Leaves mostly basal, 27 cm, widely oblanceolate, entire or few-toothed; upper surface hairy; lower surface generally glabrous
Inflorescence: heads few in open or dense clusters; involucres 89 mm; phyllaries ± glabrous
Flowers 820; ligules yellow
Fruit dark brown, 4 mm; pappus tawny
Ecology: Dry forest
Elevation: 3002700 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges
Distribution outside California: Oregon
Horticultural information: DRN: 15, 16, 17 &SHD: 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.