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Mountain Tail Leaf, Pericome caudata

Mountain Tail Leaf, Pericome caudata. Flowering Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir. Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim Near Payson, Arizona.
Mountain Tail Leaf, Pericome caudata. Flowering Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir. Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim Near Payson, Arizona.
Mountain Tail Leaf, Pericome caudata. Flowering Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir. Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim Near Payson, Arizona.
Empress Leilia Butterfly, Asterocampa leilia Feeding On Mountain Tail Leaf, Pericome caudata. Flowering Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir. Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim Near Payson, Arizona.

Mountain Tail Leaf Pericome caudata Sunflower Family ( Asteraceae ), Mountain Tail Leaf. Also known as: Taperleaf, yerba del chivato, Tail-leaf pericome, Mountain Tailleaf. Mountain Tail Leaf is a common late-season wildflower (Late July - October) along mountain road banks, this plant was called Yerba de Chivato (the "herb of the he-goat") by early Spaniards because of its odor. Pericome caudata has rayless, yellow, flower heads in branched clusters above several branched leafy stems forming large rounded masses of foliage about 2 to 5 feet in height. Its leaves are about 2 - 5 inches long, they are arrowhead-shaped, and tapered to a long slender tip. Empress Leilia Butterflies love this plant in Arizona. Height: Up To About 2 - 5 feet tall. Flowers: About 1/2" wide; bracts numerous, lined up side by side. Heads 3–30+, usually tightly clustered. They have bright yellow flowers. Blooming Time: Late July - October. Sometimes in the spring. Leaves: Leaves are 2 - 5 inches long, arrowhead-shaped, tapering to a long slender tip. Stems: Striate, terete, glabrous or hairy, often densely puberulent to tomentulose distally, sometimes gland-dotted. Found: Mountains of east-central California and central Colorado south to western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico (Chihuahua). Elevation: 4,600 - 10,900 Feet. Habitat: Usually on slopes in coniferous forests. Also among rocks, boulders, on talus slopes, bluffs, crags, canyons, disturbed roadsides, in volcanic, limestone, and sandstone substrates. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Blue Ridge Lake or Reservoir. Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim Near Payson, Arizona.