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Bristly Oxtongue - Helminthotheca echioides
Other Names:
Picris echioides
Non-native Species
Global Rank:
GNR
State Rank:
SNA
(see State Rank Reason below)
C-value:
1
Agency Status
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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Reported for Montana in Flora of North America.
General Description
Leaf blades 5–15(–25) × 1–5(–8+) cm. Peduncles 1–5+ cm, bristly hispid. Calyculi: bracts 9–15+ × 3–5+ mm, margins and tips bristly-ciliate. Phyllaries often sigmoid in fruit, abaxial faces and tips bristly. Fruit bodies 2.5–3 mm, beaks 2.5–5 mm; pappi 4–7 mm (Strother, 2006, Fl. North America, Vol. ).
Phenology
Flowering May through November.
Range Comments
Sporadic in North America, most common in southern CA (Kartesz 2009).
Management
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