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Daisy-like Flowers - Narrow Petals - Aster-like

        

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Threadleaf Ragwort (Threadleaf Groundsel) Senecio flaccidus (Senecio longilobus)
This plant's species name has changed from the one mentioned in most guide books.
1-3 foot tall bush. Very narrow leaves, thick, woolly. This plant is poisonous to livestock.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Callahan, Runnels, Coke, Nolan, Fisher)

See Similar Broomweed    White Sagebrush

Similar Species

Texas Ragwort Senecio ampullaceus
Tall and lanky with most leaves near base and many branches of flowers. Yellow flower has long oval ray petals that are wide set. Disk is smaller.
(Native of Texas - Callahan, Brown)

Riddell's Ragwort Senecio riddellii
Short bush with terminal flowers. Narrow wide-spaced ray petals.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coke)

Prairie Grounsel Packera plattensis
Short bush with terminal flowers. Narrow wide-spaced ray petals.
(Native of Texas - Callahan, Brown)

Great Plains Ragwort Packera tampicana
Short bush with terminal flowers. Narrow wide-spaced ray petals. Small lowers grow in clusters. Leaves large and pinnate. Thick stems.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Runnels, Nolan)

                 

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Yellow Spiny Daisy (Lacy Tansyaster) Machaeranthera pinnatifida (Machaeranthera australis)
This plant's species name has changed from the one mentioned in most guide books.
Flower about 3/4" wide becomes a white puff ball. Sprawling plant shown is about 15" wide and 8" tall, but can grow to 3 feet tall. The plant looks like a tiny conifer with woody branches and small, thick leaves. The leaves look prickly but are soft.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April-June 2004, April 2005, May 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Coke, Nolan, Fisher)
See similar Gray Golden-Aster