Silvercrown

Silvercrown, Cut-leaf Luina
(Cacaliopsis nardosima, Luina nardosima)

Form:

To 4 feet tall, stout erect stem. Plants quickly wither and

disappear by mid July.

Leaves:

Long-stemmed basal leaves looking like dissected maple

leaves, palmately veined. Up to 10 inches wide. These large leaves appear mid April to May.

Flowers:

A loose arrangement at stem tip. Rather bristly, bright

yellow flower about 1/2 inch across. Held in narrow head by 1 row of bracts. Fruits are a loose cluster of “dandelion” seed heads.

Habitat:

Open ponderosa pine-Douglas fir forests.

Season:	Blooms May to July.

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