''Agoseris'' is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family

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described as a genus in 1817. ''Agoseris'' is native to

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and the

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. In general appearance, ''Agoseris'' is reminiscent of dandelions and are sometimes called mountain dandelion or false dandelion. Like dandelions the plants are (mostly) stemless, the leaves forming a basal rosette, contain milky sap, produce several unbranched, stem-like flower stalks ( peduncles), each flower stalk bearing a single, erect, liguliferous flower head that contains several florets, and the flower head maturing into a ball-like seed head of beaked

achene An achene (; ), also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not ope ...

s, each achene with a pappus of numerous, white bristles.

Species

; Accepted speciesThe Plant List search for ''Agoseris''
/ref>Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
/ref>Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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Agoseris apargioides ''Agoseris apargioides'' is a species in the family Asteraceae, is commonly called seaside agoseris or seaside false-dandelion. It is native to the Pacific coast of the United States from Washington to central California, where it grows primari ...

'' - seaside agoseris - CA OR WA * ''

Agoseris aurantiaca ''Agoseris aurantiaca'' is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae, commonly called orange agoseris or mountain dandelion. It is widespread in western North America. Description ''Agoseris aurantiaca'' is a perennial herb or subshrub growi ...

'' - orange agoseris - USA and Canada from

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to Pacific; also

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Agoseris chilensis ''Agoseris'' is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1817. ''Agoseris'' is native to North America, South America and the Falkland Islands. In general appearance, ''Agoseris'' is reminiscen ...

'' -

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* ''

Agoseris coronopifolia ''Agoseris'' is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1817. ''Agoseris'' is native to North America, South America and the Falkland Islands. In general appearance, ''Agoseris'' is reminiscen ...

'' - Patagonian agoseris -

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Agoseris glauca ''Agoseris glauca'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names false dandelion, pale agoseris, prairie agoseris, and short-beaked agoseris. It is native to western North America. Description ''Agoseris gla ...

'' - prairie agoseris - western USA +

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from AK to Ont + NM * ''

Agoseris grandiflora ''Agoseris grandiflora'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names California dandelion, bigflower agoseris, and grassland agoseris. The plant is native to western North America from Britis ...

'' - grassland agoseris - CA OR WA ID NV MT UT BC * '' Agoseris heterophylla'' - annual agoseris - western USA +

+ northwestern

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* '' Agoseris hirsuta'' - Coast Range agoseris - CA * '' Agoseris laevigata'' - Chile * '' Agoseris × montana'' - North Park agoseris - CO WY * ''

Agoseris monticola ''Agoseris monticola'' is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Sierra Nevada agoseris or Sierra Nevada mountain dandelion. It grows in the mountains of the western United States, primarily ...

'' - Sierra Nevada agoseris - CA OR WA ID NV BC * '' Agoseris parviflora'' - steppe agoseris - western USA * '' Agoseris pterocarpa'' -

* ''

Agoseris retrorsa ''Agoseris retrorsa'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name spearleaf agoseris or spearleaf mountain dandelion. It is native to western North America from Washington to Utah to Baja Cali ...

'' - spearleaf agoseris - CA OR WA NV UT ; Hybrids * '' Agoseris × agrestis'' (''A. glauca'' × ''A. parviflora'') - Front Range agoseris - UT CO * '' Agoseris × dasycarpa'' (''A. glauca'' × ''A. monticola'') - Modoc agoseris - CA OR * ''

Agoseris × elata ''Agoseris'' is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1817. ''Agoseris'' is native to North America, South America and the Falkland Islands. In general appearance, ''Agoseris'' is reminiscen ...

'' (''A. aurantiaca'' × ''A. grandiflora'') - Willamette agoseris - CA OR WA BC ; Species formerly included * ''Agoseris alpestris'' = ''

Nothocalais alpestris ''Nothocalais alpestris'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name alpine lake false dandelion. It is native to the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada and other mountains from northern Washington to central Cali ...

'' * ''Agoseris barbellulata'' = ''

'' * ''Agoseris cuspidata'' = ''

Nothocalais cuspidata ''Nothocalais cuspidata'', the prairie false dandelion, is a herbaceous perennial with yellow flowers and long slender leaves, native to the Great Plains The Great Plains (french: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply "the Plains", is a broad ...

Distribution

Agoseris is one of several groups of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s that have a

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amphitropical distribution (occurring in temperate regions of both North and South America). Most species are found in cordilleran regions of western

, being distributed from southern

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and the panhandle of

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southward to northern

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, and

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, and from the Pacific coast eastward to the northern

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. Disjunct, isolated populations occur on the Gaspe Peninsula and Otish Mountains (Monts Otish) of

, near the

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

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, and on hills near the

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in the

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. One species is native to the southern

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and

, southward to Patagonia,

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, and the

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile for ''Agoseris''
* {http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Agoseris Calflora Database: ''Agoseris'' species index-links]
Jepson Manual Treatment (TJM)

— ''identification and uses of edible parts''. Agoseris, Flora of North America Asteraceae genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Cichorieae-stub