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Weedy Daisies - Old Plainsman

                          

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Old Plainsman (Carolina Woollywhite) Hymenopappus scabiosaeus
Flower ball about 1/2" wide. Petal-like bracts shrivel as flower blooms. Single stem branches occasionally up the sides but mostly at top. Larger lower leaves are about 6" long. Upper leaves are short and thick. Plant grows to about 3 feet tall.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004, April 2006
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Coke, Nolan)

                 

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Chalk Hill Hymenopappus Hymenopappus tenuifolius
Flower ball about 1/2" wide without the showy petal-like bracts, pale yellow. This plant takes all spring to send up a stalk and open its buds. Stalk branches occasionally with each branch and the top of the main stalk with multiple small branches for each flower cluster. Plant grows to about 3 feet tall. Leaves linearly cut, short and thick, almost all are in the basal rosette. No large leaves.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Nolan)

        

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Woolly-white (Old Plainsman) Hymenopappus artemisiifolius
Flower ball about 1/2" wide grows in clusters. Individual flowers are white to rose-pink. Showy white petal-like bracts shrivel as flower blooms. Basal leaves are about 3"-7" long. Single stem with flower branches at the top have only a few leaves that have linear lobes. Plant grows to about 3 feet tall.
Flower photos taken by Sonnia Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, April 2003
Young rosette photo taken in Smith County, Texas, November 2006
(Native of Texas - Van Zandt, Smith - Brown)

Other Species in My Area

Collegeflower (Yellow Plainsman) Hymenopappus flavescens
Flowers yellow in terminal clusters. Basel rosette leaves cut to linear, up to 6" long. Single stem, leaves same but smaller.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Runnels, Coke, Fisher)