genus
Glyptopleura
Glyptopleura
Field notes
Glyptopleura is a genus of North American plants in the family Asteraceae. The common names for this plant include carveseed, holy dandelion or holly dandelion, keysia or keyesia, and crustleaf.
This plant grows low to the ground from a flat basal rosette of distinctive lobed green leaves outlined in eye-catching hard white borders. The flesh is rich in milky sap. The flowers are ligulate, bearing long ray florets with toothed ends, which may be white, cream, or pale yellow.
Species
Glyptopleura marginata D.C.Eaton - California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Idaho
Glyptopleura setulosa A.Gray - California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Annual Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native Glyptopleura All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
