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Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Rock Lettuce (White Dandelion) Pinaropappus roseus
Flower about 1 1/2" wide. Plant shown is about 8" tall. Occasionally, this flower can be pink on the petal tops.
Leaf photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

     

Caryophyllaceae - Pink family
Chickweed Stellaria media
Note: this is not a daisy.
Flower about 3/16" wide. This trailing plant grows to about 8" tall and makes a nice groundcover. If kept moist and shaded it will grow nearly year long.
Leaf photos taken in Taylor County, May 2004, January 2005
(Introduced, native of Europe, invasive - Coleman, Brown)

  

Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family (Crowfoot family)
Ten-Petal Anemone (Thimbleweed, Windflower) Anemone berlandieri or Anemone heterophylla
Note: this is not a daisy.
It appears the designation for this plant's species name is undecided or is in the process of change.
Flower about 1 3/4" wide can have 10-20 "petals" (actually sepals). Flower is on a stalk above the leaves and can be white, pink purple, or blue. The most distinctive part of this flower is the 3/4" to 2" long fruiting head. The plant grows 4"-16" tall. Leaves grow mostly at base.
Photos taken by Marcia Cirillo in Dallas County, Texas, February-March 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Coke, Nolan)

Other Species in My Area

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
False Daisy Eclipta prostrata
Tiny flower, terminal, white ray and dome, very short ray petals. Dome becomes green ball with green bract petals. Long narrow leaves.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Runnels)