Dyssodia lanceolata   (Asteraceae)

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Chavarría, F., Masís, A., Perez, D., Espinoza, R. and Guadamuz, A. 1998. Dyssodia lanceolata (Asteraceae) Species Page, April 13, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

I. Identification:

Perennial herb of up to 0.5 m tall.

Flower:

The inflorescence is terminal. The flower is orange.

Fruit:

Leaves:

Leaves are simple and opposite, lanceolate form and dentated margin. Approximatly 3-4 cm long. There are brown dots on the surfaces of both sides of the leaf.

Upper surface of the leaf	Under surface of the leaf
Leaf arrangment

Bark and wood:

The stem is dark green and tomentose.

Whole plant architecture:

Habitat

Similar species:

Verification:

II. Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In old pasture land in the El Hacha sector, for example.

Acknowledgments:

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA.

Thanks to Kate Beattie for helping with the managment of images and translation of this species page.

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