Tagetes micrantha

A small annual of rocky slopes in oak/juniper/pinyon woodland. The plants have sessile glands and smell of anise. Rays vary from 0 to 2 per pseudanthium.

Pseudanthia, north end of the Black Rane, 8/27/06.

Pseudanthia, north end of the Black Range, 8/27/06.

Cauline leaves, north end of the Black Range, 8/27/06. The lower cauline leaves are opposite, but the upper are often alternate.