W6 



STEMLESS ACTINEA 



Acti'nea acau'lis, syns. Actinel'la acau'lis, Tetraneu'ris acau'lis 



Flower heads yellow, sunflowerlike, solitary 

 at ends of leafless stalks; stalks up to 8 in. 

 high, usually much exceeding the leaves 



Outer (ray) flowers of heads petal -like, about 

 { in. long (sometimes }{ in.), 3-toothed, with 

 orange veins, female, seed-producing 



Center (disk)' flowers of heads numerous, 

 tubular, 5-toothed, perfect, seed-producing 



Bracts in a series (involucre) around base of 

 flower head, appressed, not united, in 2 or 3 

 rows, linear to oblong, blunt-tipped, densely 

 hairy 



"Seeds" (achenes) angled, hairy, crowned 

 with about 6, thin-papery, egg-shaped to 

 oblong scales (pappus) ; pappus scales abruptly 

 tapered to a bristlelike point 



Leaves all basal, thickish, ^ to 2 in. long, 

 linear to narrowly reverse-lance-shaped, entire, 

 densely appressed-silky-hairy 



Leaf of variety A. acavlis septentrionalis, 

 spatula-shaped; leaves of other varieties range 

 between this shape and the linear leaves of the 

 typical form of the species 



Taproot thickened, with divided root Crown 



