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Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Wyethia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Wyethia (named for N. J. Wyeth, North American botanical collector). Compositae. Hardy perennial herbs, probably adapted to the wild-garden or border. Caudex stout: sts. usually simple, 1-headed: lvs. radical or alternate, entire: heads large, heterogamous; ray-fls. pistillate, in 1 row, disk-fls. perfect and fertile; involucre hemispherical, 2-3 rows of bracts: corolla yellow, rays ligulate, spreading, entire or minutely 2-toothed.—About 7 species, N. Amer. W. mollis, Gray. Plant floccose-woolly when young, more or less glabrous when old, 1-3 ft. high, bearing solitary or few heads: lvs. oblong or ovate, base rounded, truncate or cuneate: rays 10-15, over 1 in. long: achenes minutely pubescent at summit. Nev. and Calif. B.M. 7772. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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