PINGtlE 



Acti'nea richardso'ni 



W7 



(2 leaves) 



Flower heads yellow, about K in- wide, usually 

 numerous, in -flat-topped end clusters 



Stems usually tufted, 4 to 15 in. high, hairless 

 to obscurely hairy, unbranched below, mostly 

 much-branched above 



Leaves alternate, mostly basal, not densely 

 hairy, gland-dotted, divided into 3 to 5, narrow, 

 entire lobes; basal leaves with tufts of woolly 

 hairs in their axils 



Bracts in a 2-rowed series (involucre) around 

 flower head; outer bracts joined at their edges 

 for about % their length, strongly keeled, sharp- 

 pointed, green, hairless or hairy; inner bracts 

 blunter-tipped, yellowish, hairy 



Taproot thickened, perennial, with a much- 

 divided root crown 



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

 yellow with orange veins, 3-toothed, about % to 

 % in. long, female, seed-producing 



Inner (disk) flowers of heads small, numerous, 

 tubular, perfect, seed-producing 



"Seeds" (achenes) _ reverse-pyramid-shaped, 

 hairy, crowned by 'usually 5, thin-papery, 

 abruptly pointed scales (pappus) 



