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This group has no
ray florets and disc florets which are relatively long
Flowerheads are growing individually or in clusters, but not in compact heads
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Guide to Identify Presented Species of this group
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FLOWERS PINK OR PURPLE
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A.
parryi - Parry's Arnica
Stems solitary, 20-60 cm tall, glandular above. Meadows, foothills-montane.
Flowerheads yellow, 1.5-2 cm long, without rays. The bracts glandular.
Leaves opposite, in 2-4 pairs, lanceolate, strongly reduced upwards. |
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Centaurea maculosa - Spotted Knapweed
Rough-hairy, branched biennials. Noxious weeds in fields and roadsides.
Flowerheads pink-purple, 2-2.5 cm
wide, with long disk florets, looking like
rays.
Leaves alternate, pinnate with narrow
lobes, or the reduced upper ones entire. |
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Liatris punctata - Blazingstar
Perennial, 10-40 cm tall, hairless with several stems. Dry, open areas, roadsides.
Flowerheads purple, with 4-6 large disk florets,
in dense,
tall and narrow clusters.
Leaves alternate, numerous, narrow,
dotted with tiny pits, rough-hairy on edges. |
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