Looks like an Erigeron, fleabane.

Here is a link that might be useful: Google image results

Using "http://weedid.aces.uiuc.edu/";, and only entering that you have "basal leaves", I get something called "prairie dock".

Jeanne and Erict, Thank you for your advise. I reviewed many of the fleabane images and I couldn't find one that matched but perhaps it is a variety or at a particular stage in its development that is not in the images. I will keep searching. I did find some images of prarie dock but that wasn't an exact match either. I have marked this plant and will re-photograph it in a month to see what it looks like. Thanks again.
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Basal rosette.

Here is a link that might be useful: Fleabane

saltcedar - I LOVE YOU!!!!!!

I spent three hours in the library trying to figure this out (OK, I got side tracked reading about plants but a lot of the time I was researching this) Thank you Thank you!!!!
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