Asteraceae

  • Heterotheca villosa  / hairy goldenaster

    Heterotheca villosa / hairy goldenaster

    • yellow composite with 10-20 ray florets, orange-brown disk
    • hairy leaves and stems
    • blooms throughout season, often densely
    • disturbed and challenging habitats
  • Hieracium albiflorum / white hawkweed

    Hieracium albiflorum / white hawkweed

    • white, dandelion-like flower; up to 50 per plant
    • 6-25 florets
    • square-end petals each with 4 small notches
    • hairy stems and basal leaves
    • shady openings in dry forests
  • Hieracium aurantiaca / orange hawkweed

    Hieracium aurantiaca / orange hawkweed

    • orange dandelion-like flower
    • petals square ended with small notches
    • hairy leaves, stems and involucres
    • found in many habitats, sometimes in excess
  • Hieracium scouleri / western hawkweed

    Hieracium scouleri / western hawkweed

    • dandelion-like yellow flower heads
    • square-ended petals; long stamens with split ends
    • central yellow "button"
    • hairy all over, especially on leaves and lower stem
    • blooms all summer
  • Lactuca pulchella / blue lettuce

    Lactuca pulchella / blue lettuce

    • looks like prickly lettuce, but blue and without prickly stems or leaves
    • clonal from spreading roots
  • Lactuca serriola / prickly lettuce

    Lactuca serriola / prickly lettuce

    • numerous dime-sized yellow flowers in an "airy" panicle
    • buds droop or hang in a "shepherd's hook" before opening
    • seed heads are dandelion-like, but more delicate
    • highly divided, prickly leaves
    • mostly in "waste" areas
  • Leucanthemum vulgare / oxeye daisy

    Leucanthemum vulgare / oxeye daisy

    • bright, white "petals", 2-3" across; yellow centers
    • s/he loves me, s/he loves me not
    • glossy green, spoon-shaped leaves in a 2 foot dome
    • may form large colonies
    • potentially wide spread
  • Madia glomerata / mountain tarweed

    Madia glomerata / mountain tarweed

    • stems, leaves, flowers - strongly aromatic, like tar
    • sticky glandular hairs cover foliage and floral bracts
    • flowers in clusters with 1 to 3 yellow ray florets
    • disk florets retain visible petals; black stamens
  • Packera cana / woolly groundsel

    Packera cana / woolly groundsel

    • yellow, daisy-like blossoms with 8-13 ray florets ("petals")
    • golden, central disks
    • blossoms in flat-topped clusters of up to 15
    • mostly basal leaves - unlobed, hairy, ovate, up to 2 inches long
    • overall silvery appearance
  • Packera multilobata / lobeleaf groundsel

    Packera multilobata / lobeleaf groundsel

    • deeply lobed leaves, mostly at the base of the plant
    • bright yellow daisy-like flowers, 10-30 in a cluster per plant
    • orange-yellow disk florets
    • woodlands, foothills, and generally dry/ sandy/ rocky places.
  • Packera pseudaurea / falsegold groundsel

    Packera pseudaurea / falsegold groundsel

    • yellow, flat-topped cluster of daisy-like flowers
    • oval, erect basal leaves with long petioles and round/blunt-toothed edges
    • generally in moist to wet habitats
  • Packera streptanthifolia / Rocky Mountain groundsel

    Packera streptanthifolia / Rocky Mountain groundsel

    • yellow-flowered composite; "flowers" on branched inflorescence
    • 8-13 half-inch ray florets, usually spaced apart
    • thick, spatula-shaped basal leaves without teeth or clefts
    • thin, often deeply lobed stem leaves
    • dry woodlands and rocky places