Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis
(Tranquil Goldenweed)
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1881
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1882
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1892
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1884
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1886
Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis, Gore Pass, Grand Co. 1889
| Scientific Name | Pyrrocoma clementis var. clementis | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PYCLC |
| Common Name | Tranquil Goldenweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 529941 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description |
Life zones and habitat: Montane to alpine (9200 to 13000 ft.); rocky hillsides, woodland openings and meadows.
Plant: Short perennial 8 to 12 inches tall, light green to reddish stems sparsely or densely covered with woolly hairs . Leaves: Basal leaves narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2 to 5-1/2 inches long, fleshy, hairless, with entire, slightly undulate, sometimes denticulate, sparsely ciliate edges; stem leaves sessile, lanceolate to ovate, auriculate, 1-1/2 to 3 inches long, bases clasping, surfaces sparsely hairy and edges hairy. Inflorescence: Solitary, composite flower heads 1 to 1-3/4 inches across with 20 to 55 yellow rays around the yellow center of 100+ disk florets; phyllaries are shaggy-hairy, narrowly obovate of different lengths, in several rows, colored green to purple. Bloom Period: July and August. References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, Flora of North America and American Southwest Note: All of the flower heads in the area of the images above exhibited an elliptical rather than circular center. |
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Colorado Status: Native |
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