Common Name:
MOUNTAIN TARWEED
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
3
Wetness Index:
FACU
Physiognomy:
Ad A-Forb
Native in the far West, and rarely adventive. Collected in 1929 in River Rouge Park, Wayne Co.
The phyllaries and inflorescences are stalked-glandular, and the plant smells of tar. It is a slender, nondescript, glandular-pubescent annual with lower leaves opposite and the upper ones alternate.