Trichoptilium

Also known as yellowdome

Trichoptilium is a monotypic genus in the daisy family containing the single species Trichoptilium incisum, which is known by the common names yellowdome and yellowhead.

Species

yellowhead

Genus

PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderAsterales
FamilyCompositae

Observations1,703

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Specimen records: 15
With media: 7
Family: Ptiliidae
Collections: FMNH, CHRB, MNA, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), BRIT, VT
Recorded in: Guadeloupe, Costa Rica, United States, Brasil

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Instance of: taxon
Image: Trichoptilium incisum form.jpg

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taxon name: Trichoptilium
taxon rank: genus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12320
Commons category: Trichoptilium
taxon common name: trichoptilium

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Trichoptilium is a monotypic genus in the daisy family containing the single species Trichoptilium incisum, which is known by the common names yellowdome and yellowhead.

==Description== Trichoptilium incisum grows up to tall. It sends up stems from a basal rosette of sharply toothed leaves which are up to long and covered in curly hairs and oil glands. Atop each stem is a rounded bright yellow flower head about wide with only disc florets. Each head is a hemispherical button about 1 cm in diameter. The fruit is bristly with pappus.

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