Orange Ragwort
Crassocephalum vitellinum ?
Observed in a border area of Kakamega Forest, Kenya. December 2014.
This weedy composite was observed in sunny forest edge at Kakamega, a lowland rainforest.
- Disc Flowers: The numerous disc flowers are tall and slender with bright orange tubes.
- Ray Flowers: No ray flowers.
- Phyllaries: One series of bracts closely envelopes the florets and developing seeds. Several shorter, aristate bracts. These bracts as well as the peduncles are clothed in soft hairs.
- Pappus: The seeds are topped by long silky hairs.
- Leaves: The leaves are simple or sometimes with a pair or two of lobes. The margins are variously toothed.
Asteraceae -- Sunflower Family -- Senecioneae
Other Crassocephalum spp.
