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Rose Heath

Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) G. L. Nesom

Asteraceae (Sunflower)

▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants

▲▼ closer view of inflorescences/flowers

Chaetopappa ericoides (Torr.) G. L. Nesom, Rose Heath: (Bayer Code:  not known; US Code CHER2)

·         Native simple perennial of prairies and rangelands with stout rootstock

·         With age, will produce clumps of upright, hairy, mostly unbranched stems that grow 8-16 inches tall

·         Leaves are lanceolate to linear, held upright and overlapping on stems, covered with hairs, including some glandular hairs

·         Flowers are in head inflorescences about 1 inch across, with 12-24 white ray flowers and 12-24 yellow disk flowers

·         Bracts below the inflorescence are elongated, hairy with reddish tips

·         Not a weed problem

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Posted 23 January 2019