Weed
mule-ears, mulesear wyethia
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
Oblanceolate
Gray with black mottling
Striate
The pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
is of short scales with an occasional pair of opposing bracts.
BasalBasal:
The base of the fruit or seed opposite the apical end.
end is rounded. Surface striations can include longitudinal ridges.
Not listed
Not included
Asteraceae
Wyethia amplexicaulis (Nutt.) Nutt.
Espeletia amplexicaulis Nutt.
