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 Leaves Richard Hull The Trustees of Indiana University; Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |  Plant University of Michigan Herbarium; Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) |  Seedhead Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Often mistaken for the common dandelion, but red-seed dandelion has reddish stems and leaf blades that are more deeply dissected than other dandelion species.
Identification notes: Tap-rooted perennials; leaves in basal rosettes; highly dissected; 1-to-several unbranched, hollow flower stalks; stalks bear single head of bright yellow ray flowers; 1 to 2 inches; small, dry 1-seeded fruit.
Height:
To 2 feet
Habitat Description: Found in disturbed areas, roadsides, and lawns.
Plant Communities:
Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 3200 - 12000 feet
Color:
Yellow
Shape:
Daisy or dandelion-like not in clusters
Tubular:
N
Flowering Period:
Mar - Aug
Description:
Flower heads solitary, 1 to 2 inches across, ray flowers only; flower stalks hollow, spread outward from center of plant; receptacle (base of flower heads) with narrow, lance-like bracts that are glossy and reddish tipped.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Pinnatifid
Leaf Margin:
Dissected
Leaf Attachment:
Basal
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Short, slightly winged stems; leaves basal, in rosettes, to 10 inches long and to 1-3/4 inches wide, deeply dissected into triangular lobes, taper toward stem, sometimes bend backward at tips, margins of lobes toothed to smooth.
Fruit Color: Red to reddish-purple, brown
Fruit Type: Achene
Fruit Notes: To 1/8 inch long, smooth below, with rough, sharp points at tips, fusiform (tapering at both ends) to oval, 4 to 5 ribbed, tips with many soft, pale pappus (appendages), white to tawny that are 1/4 inch long.
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