Pilosella caespitosa (Dumort.) P.D.Sell & C.West
yellow king devil
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
yellow king devil
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a short, stout rhizome and long, leafy stolons; stems erect, solitary, with non-glandular, glandular and starlike hairs, exuding milky juice when broken, 25-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves well-developed, persistent, oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, entire or minutely toothed, stalked, with non-glandular hairs and sometimes starlike hairs below, 5-25 cm long, 1-3 cm wide; stem leaves 1-3, reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with strap-shaped flowers, dense, few to many; involucres 5-9 mm tall; involucral bracts lanceolate, not graduated, with many non-glandular and glandular and a few starlike hairs; ray flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes 1.5-2 mm long; pappus dirty white.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Pilosella caespitosa
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
793 | 722 | 866 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
16 | 0 | 60 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
97 | 110 | 310 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
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| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
4 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ICH(1), SBS(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry roadsides, disturbed areas and waste places in the lowland zone; infrequent in SC BC, known from the lower Fraser River valley; introduced from Europe.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Hieracium pratense Tausch
Hieracium caespitosum Dumort.