HABITAT: Roadsides, fence rows, fields,
pastures, and waste areas. DESCRIPTION: Annual, 1 to 10
feet tall. Stems are erect, simple to much branched and rough. Leaves
alternate and are simple, rough, hairy, ovate or heart-shaped, with toothed edges.
The flowers are showy, with yellow to orange-yellow ray flowers and brown or dark
reddish-brown disk flowers. Achenes, gray to brown, are 1/4 inch long, wedge-shaped,
somewhat flattened to 4-angled, smooth except for a few short hairs at the tip. |