Taperleaf: Asteraceae Pericome caudata
Commonly called taperleaf, this showy plant lights up the countryside with its bright yellow flowers. Its ivy-shaped leaves are a good identification feature. All these photos were taken on 3 September 2005 at Cabresto Lake near Questa, NM by Kenneth.
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 | These triangular, taper-tailed leaves are very distinctive and I often notice abundant growth of this plant with leaves only in the spring.
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These pretty yellow flowers are composites with disk flowers only.
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 | Back of the taperleaf leaf and stem.
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Taperleaf phyllaries, which are all one length.
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