SHOWY GOLDENEYE 



Viguie'ra multiflo'ra, syn. Gytnnolo'mia multiflo'ra 



W204 

 (2 leaves) 



Flower, heads yellow, sunflowerlike, 

 numerous, long-stalked; centers (re- 

 ceptacles) becoming cone-shaped in 

 age 



Outer (ray) flowers of heads petal- 

 like, golden yellow, about 10 to 15, 

 about % to % in. long and X in. wide, 

 notched at tip, not seed-producing 



Bracts in a 2-rowed series (involucre) 

 around base of flower head, narrowly 

 lance-shaped, often unequal, densely 

 stiff-hairy 



Center (disk) .flowers of heads small, 

 numerous, short-tubular, perfect, seed- 

 producing, partly enfolded by chaffy 

 bracts (paleae) 



Leaves mostly opposite (sometimes 

 alternate above), variable, egg-shaped 

 to linear-lance-shaped, entire to some- 

 what coarsely toothed, finely rough- 

 hairy, up to 3 in. long, the larger leaves 

 often 3-veined 



Stems up to 48 in. high, ridged, 

 branched, usually several from the 

 base 



"Seeds" (achenes)-^-smooth, 4-angled, 

 without scales or bristles (pappus) 



Taproot often with a branched, some- 

 what woody, perennial root crown 



