Descriptive
Information
- Field
marks: "Heads of yellow ray
florets and yellow disk florets. Bracts overlapping, ovate, spine-tipped.
Heads terminate the upper branches. Leaves opposite, thick, grayish,
hairy, usually entire, oblanceolate or obovate. Stem leafy."
- Size:
"To 3 ft. (1 m) tall or more"
- General
habitat: "Coastal beaches and
marshes"
- Geographic
range: Throughout the state of Florida
- Ecosystem(s)
where observed: Coastal Prairie
- Other
information: "Plant aromatic,
forming extensive colonies. Family--Asteraceae (aster or daisy)."
- References:
Taylor, Walter K. 1992. The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Taylor
Publishing Co. p.174.
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