Another flower that I can't seem to pin down for sure -- have looked at agoseris aurantiaca whose blossom is similar but the leaves are not hairy... Here is the blossom and a picture of the leaves. (I am starting to realize how little I know about identifying plants -- the ratio of ones I identify myself is going up slowly)
Just a quick note. < I am starting to realize how little I know about identifying plants. > The same kind of thing happens to all of us. I saw a non-native plant at the Valley of Fire and took a pic of it. At first I thought, no problem it is a form of Phacelia but what caught my eye was that the flowers had yellow centers and the leaves were entirely different than the ones we see around here. None of my books show this exact plant, so what I thought was true from what I knew and learned years ago is now a mystery for me. I've seen online White Rhatany (Krameria), also seen at the Valley of Fire, that shows plants with pink flowers or red, or purple flowers all classed as being Krameria grayi and I say to myself no, these have all been lumped together. In the wild the pink flowered form and the purple flowered form are quite a bit different in how the sepals are reflexed in comparison to one another. The purple form that we saw had no flowers (sepals) reflexed at all. The beauty about wildflowers is that as soon as we think we know something we get thrown a "curve" that many times takes us back to square one. Don't think you are wasting our time as you most certainly are not. You've caught me off guard more than once with some of your ID posts. What you are doing is exactly what should be done to better learn the plants your are seeing in the wild. Jim
Hi Lkliewer: The closest that I can find is this one. Keep in mind that the leaves in the reference below will shrink down in size in the hot Missouri sun as opposed to the plant being grown in some shade. Perhaps someone else will come up with the right plant. http://www.missouriplants.com/Yellowalt/Agoseris_cuspidata_page.html Jim
Hi there, That's an interesting one. The flower certainly looks like Agoseris, but the leaves look more like Hieracium. Isn't it amazing that no matter where you travel in the world, there are literally hundreds of different small yellow wildflowers begging to be identified. I think you could probably make a life's work out of studying diminutive yellow weeds!
Yellow flowers Thanks Mr. Shep and Hungry Hippo -- I've noticed how conditions can vary the looks of the plant considerably -- lots of rain and you seem to get fuller bigger leaves. This agoseris was taken in a moister area under some trees so maybe the leaves are broader?? You are right about life-time identifying yellow flowers -- Everywhere I go I see another variety or subtle variation. Maybe I will find an Agoseris lkliewerlata....
