Description ²

• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: both basal and a whorl of 3 to 10 leaves about midway up the stem, palmately compound in groups of 3, basal leaves have long stalks and are little larger than stem leaves, leaflets up to 4 inches long, hairy, deeply lobed in 3 to 5 parts, wedge-shaped at base with lobes fanning out
• Fruit/Seed: tiny brown seed attached to cottony fluff, cottony cones persist through winter
• Height: 1-2 feet
• Flowering: June - August
• Habitat: prairies, roadsides, edges of woods

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Mark Kluge, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Kluge
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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