Agoseris aurantiaca / orange mountain dandelion
- unusual burnt-orange color
- basically – looks like an orange dandelion
- linear leaves – unlike the “real” dandelion
Also known as: goat chicory
There’s a lot to say about some plants and not much about others. This is one of the latter. It is relatively uncommon and of an uncommon color. That alone makes it really visible. The “flower” is, of course, a composite head composed of florets. In this species, all the florets are ray florets; there are no disc florets.
Orange dandelion’s fruit/seeds are like those of the real dandelion (and many other composites) and if you find a head ready to disperse, go ahead and make your wish, then blow it away.
This species is reported by Earle and Lundin to be found usually at higher elevations, but I am never sure just where the Valley and its mountain slopes falls in that category. This one was photographed on the trail up to Henderson Peak. Most commonly – according to me – it is found as a single flower in a field of other stuff. Still, it just seems to jump out at you when you’re hiking along. Enjoy.
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