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Daisy-like Flowers - Rounded Ended Petals with Round Lobes

  

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis, Goldenwave) Coreopsis tinctoria
1"-1 1/2" wide yellow ray petals are maroon at center. Red/maroon disk. Tip of petal has 3 lobes with the center the longest. Bracts are in 2 whirls; inner, wide triangular tip pressed up against petals, red/brown; outer, 3mm long lanceolate, green. Basal and upper leaf: very linear, pinnate or pinnate-like, leaflet farthest out is largest
These flowers will cover roadsides and ungrazed fields, grow 1-3 1/2 feet tall, blooms mid-summer.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May & August 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

  

Petals can be solid yellow, or occasionally solid maroon.

Similar Species

Goldenmane Tickseed Coreopsis basalis
1"-1 1/2" wide yellow ray petals are maroon at center. Red/maroon disk. Grows to 2 1/2 feet tall, blooms spring-early summer. Bracts are lance to oval shape, 7-9mm long. Basal leaf: simple or few pinnate lobes. Upper leaf: cut with 3-9 rounded lobes
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman)

                 

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Greenthread Thelesperma filifolium
Golden-yellow flower about 2" wide. At the base of the flower, there are two types of phyllary, one is short and green, the other is red and long. Buds droop before opening. Leaves are pinnately compound, very narrow and widely spaced. Taproot is drought resistant. These plants grow to about 2 feet tall and can cover roadsides and fields.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April-May & October 2004, April 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)
See similar Rayless Green-thread

Similar Species

Colorado Greenthread Thelesperma ambiguum
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Coke)

Navajo Tea Thelesperma simplicifolium
Small yellow disk. 3 lobed ray petals are "squared". Base of flower: inner bracts red/brown and narrow; outer bracts green, narrow, and cling to inner bracts. Thread-like leaves, 1"-3" long. Leaves are pinnately compound, very narrow and clumped at stem.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Coke)

  

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Butterweed Packera glabella (Senecio glabellus)
This plant's Genus name has changed or is in the process of changing from the one mentioned in most guide books.
Flower 1/2"-3/4" wide, in clusters. Petals have two small lobes at tip. Plant shown is about 10" tall but can grow to 3 feet tall with enough water. Leaves are deeply divided with the end segment wider than long. Thick hollow stem can be green or red.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005
(Native of Texas - not in my area)
See similar Aster-like daisies

  

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Horseherb (Straggler Daisy) Calyptocarpus vialis
Flower about 1/4" wide. Shade plant and ground cover forms mounds of 8-10" tall. This plant is one of the first flowers of spring and grows until hit by frost.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2004
(Native of Texas - Coke)