| Agoseris | |
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| Agoseris monticola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Cichorioideae |
| Tribe: | Cichorieae |
| Subtribe: | Microseridinae |
| Genus: | Agoseris Raf. |
| Synonyms | |
Agoseris is a small genus of annual or perennial herbs in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1817.[1][2]
Agoseris is native to North America, South America and the Falkland Islands.[3][4]
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 achenes, each achene with a pappus of numerous, white bristles.
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana 58.
- ^ Tropicos, Agoseris Raf.
- ^ Flora of North America Mountain- or false dandelion Agoseris Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 58. 1817.
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