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Yellow and Orange Wildflower Gallery

Daisy-like Flowers with Conifer-like Leaf

                 

(see comparison photographs below -- at left and center/left)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Damianita Chrysactinia mexicana
Flower 1/2"-3/4" wide on a 2"-6" tall bare stalk. Small, orangey-yellow domed center. Thick prickly leaves are about 1/2" long with a little stem between each. When you walk through a patch of these, the medicine-like scent is very strong.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005
(Native of Texas - but not listed in my area)

Comparison Photographs       Damianita, on the left and center/left, is a long stem variation. The the flower stem is 1"-2" long above the leafy stem; the leaves are bigger and looser spaced than Pricklyleaf Dogweed. The flower is larger with a shorter, narrower base. Individual bracts have a single large gland near the end. Pricklyleaf Dogweed, on the right and center/right, has no flower stem. There are only 8 ray petals, the flower base is large. Leaves are very tightly packed and shorter than Damianita. Leaves and bracts all have several large glands each.

(see comparison photographs above -- center/right and at right)

                 

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Pricklyleaf Dogweed Thymophylla acerosa (Dyssodia acerosa)
Flower 3/8"-1/2" wide with no stalk. Only 8 rounded petals with large orangey-yellow domed center. The large flower base and leaves have very big pores. Thick prickly leaves are less than 1/2" long and tightly packed up the stem. Mounding plant grows to about 8" tall. When you walk through a patch of these, the medicine-like scent is very strong.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004, April 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coke)

                    

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Tiny Tim (Bristle-leaf Dogweed) Thymophylla tenuiloba (Dyssodia tenuiloba)
Flower 1/4"-3/8" wide with pointed oval petals. Flower is at the top of a thin 4" tall bare stem. Each leaf is dissected into 1/4" long, hair-thin spikes. Branches grows 1"-2" tall. When you walk through a patch of these, the medicine-like scent is very strong.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2005, May 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Runnels)