PlantFiles: Orange Agoseris
Agoseris aurantiaca

General:A tap rooted perrenial,10-60 cm tall,with simple or branching stem base and milky stem juice (latex)
Leaves: All basal,linear to narrowly lance-shaped,sometimes toothed or lobed.
Flowers; composite heads,with burnt orange(rarely yellow)ray flowers and no disc flowers;ray flowers often become pink or purple with age or drying;involucre of several rows of overlapping bracts of various lengths ,often purple spotted.
Ecology: widespread and scattered at mid to alpine elevations in moist to dry openings ,alpine meadows and dry open forests.
This was a alpine meadow in Vernon B.C.