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Daisy-like Flowers - Flat Ended Petals with Rounded Lobes

                                

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Yellow Daisy (Plains Yellow Daisy) Tetraneuris scaposa
Flower about 2 1/2" wide and can have 12-31 petals. Orangey-yellow center forms a low dome. Petals age to white and curl under. Grass-like leaves are at the base only. Flower heads are about 1 foot high. Blooms March through May, sporadically through the summer and then again in September through October.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April & October 2004, April 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

Similar Species

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy Tetraneuris linearifolia
Annual with branched, conspicuously leafy stems. Ray flowers are 5-10mm long, quite variable from 6-22. Phyllaries 2.5-4.5mm long. The bloom time is from Mar-May, re-branching and producing additional heads to Jul.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Shackelford, Brown, Coke)

     

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Bitterweed (Fine-leaved Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks, Bitter Sneezeweed) Helenium amarum
Flower 3/4"-1" wide. Petals have 3 lobes, tend to droop, and usually have gaps between them. Orangey-yellow center is flatish. Grass-like leaves are at the base only. Flower heads are about 6"-8" high. Honey from this plant is bitter.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown)

Similar Species

Common Sneezeweed Helenium autumnale
Yellow to dark red ball. Daisy-like ray petals with 3-4 lobes come in red or yellow.
(Native of Texas - Coleman)

                             

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Huisache Daisy (Butterfly Daisy, Honey Daisy) Amblyolepis setigera (Helenium setigerum)
This is a variable plant. Flower 3/4" to 1 1/2" wide. Ray petals can have 3 or 4 lobes, always deep cut. Phyllaries (bract) are in two rows. Disk petals dry to white and papery. Alternate leaves clasp stem, most are basal. Stem, leaves, and flower cup have long white hairs. Upright plant grow 6"-18" tall.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2007
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Shackelford, Coleman, Brown, Coke, Nolan, Fisher)