Lobeleaf Groundsel, Many-lobed Ragwort,Packera multilobate,Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

Found in rocky, sandy soils, sagebrush, woodlands
Seen blooming in May at Abiquiú Lake  
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This is a DYC, a damn yellow composite, akin to an LBB in birdwatching lingo. The Sunflower family, Asteraceae, is sometimes called the Composite family and consists of about 2,400 species in North America. Many of them are yellow and share a unique flower structure. The flower head is actually composed of many small flowers packed tightly together; central disk flowers surrounded by ray flowers, the petals. Some species have only ray flowers, like the Dandelion, or only disk flowers, like Hopi Tea. Lobeleaf Groundsel has both and grows up to 16 inches high with a few purplish stems and distinctive, mostly basal, deeply cut leaves. Flowers are small but numerous with a yellow disk and 8 to 13 yellow petals. Two other DYCs blooming this week are Perky Sue and Sowthistle Desert Dandelion. Traditionally, a decoction of the plant is used by the Navajo for menstrual pain. The Yavapai inhaled a decoction of the stem for colds and for sore noses, and took a decoction of the root for stomachache. Source.

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