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Agoseris hirsuta

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Agoseris hirsuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Agoseris
Species:
A. hirsuta
Binomial name
Agoseris hirsuta
(Hook.) Greene
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Leontodon hirsutus Hook.
  • Microrhynchus harfordii Kellogg
  • Taraxacum hirsutum (Hook.) DC.

Agoseris hirsuta is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Coast Range agoseris or woolly goat chicory. It grows only in the Coast Ranges along the Pacific coast of California, from Humboldt County to San Luis Obispo County.[3][4]

Description

Agoseris hirsuta resembles the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) in having no leafy stems, only a rosette of leaves close to the ground. There is a single flower head with many yellow ray florets but no disc florets.[5]

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