Synonyms:
Melampodium coronopifolium Sch. Bip. ex Hemsl.
Melampodium strigosum has yellow ray flowers and yellow disc flowers. When the ray flowers
go to fruit forming a cypsela, the inner phyllaries enclose the cypsela in a structure known as a "perigynium". The perigynia give the inflorescence an odd appearance.
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Melampodium strigosum, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
Melampodium strigosum, upper stem, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
Melampodium strigosum, inflorescence (disc flowers and perigynia), photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
Melampodium strigosum, leaves, photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
Melampodium strigosum, inflorescence (disc flowers and perigynia), photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
Melampodium strigosum, inflorescence (disc flowers and perigynia), photo Radha Veach, Grant County, Georgetown Road, August 19, 2025
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