life
cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed
stems -
reproductive (scapes), hollow, whitish, unbranched, leafless growth
habit, seedling
1, seedling
2, seedling
3
leaves - oblanceolate, deeply toothed, backward pointing teeth
or lobes, basal rosette, mid-vein hollow
flowers -
heads of bright yellow ray (ligulate) florets, ray flower toothed
tips; solitary; closing at night, form "puffball" when
mature flower
head, mature
flower head 1, mature
flower head 2, mature
flower head 3
other - contains milky sap