Crocidium (plant) explained

Crocidium is a small North American genus of plants in the daisy family.[1] [2] Crocidium is native to western North America: British Columbia Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and California.[3]

Crocidium can be found in varied habitats from grassland to woodland. It is a small annual, typically not exceeding 30 centimeters (12 inches) in height. It grows from a small patch of somewhat fleshy leaves at the ground and erects several very tall, very thin gangly stems, each of which is topped with a flower head. The flower head is made up of five to 13 lemon yellow ray florets, each up to a centimeter long. The center of the head is filled with tiny disc florets, in a similar shade of bright yellow. The fruits are fuzzy brown achenes only one or two millimeters long which turn gluey when wet.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/413749#page/346/mode/1up Hooker, William Jackson. 1834. Flora Boreali-Americana 1(suppl.): 335
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/413749#page/488/mode/1up Hooker, William Jackson. 1834. Flora Boreali-Americana 1(suppl.): plate CXVIII
  3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Crocidium%20multicaule.png
  4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=108393 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 641 Crocidium Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 335, plate 118. 1834.
  5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Crocidium The Plant List search for Crocidium
  6. https://archive.today/20141106174748/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist search for Crocidium