| Leontodon autumnalis L. | |||
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| Family | Compositae — APG family: Asteraceae | ||
| Common name | fall dandelion | ||
| Description | Stem decumbent below, usually branched and with numerous scalelike bracts above, from branched caudex with rosettes of leaves at ends of branches; leaves sinuate-toothed to deeply pinnatifid, glabrous or with simple hairs; flowers yellow, the outer with reddish streaks beneath; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, acute; achenes beakless, with pappus a single row of feathery hairs. | ||
| Ecology | Waste places; an introduced weed. Described from Europe. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.