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Large Daisy with Narrow Petals

                       

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Arkansas Lazy Daisy (Arkansas Dozedaisy) Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
Flower about 1 1/4" wide, 20-44 ray flowers, with narrow petals that opens midday and closes at dusk. Buds and underside of petals is rosy, often streaked. Pubescent, annual, taprooted. Plant makes a mound 24" wide and 18" tall. The leaves on this plant are more uniform than on the Riddell's, long becoming smaller up the stem, entire with small lobes near tip. Leaves and flowers are eaten by deer. Plant is salt tolerant.
Leaf photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, October 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

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Entireleaf Western Daisy Astranthium ciliatum (Astranthium integrifolium)
White petals with two tiny lobes, yellow disk. Leaves are not cut, spade shaped.
(Native of Texas - Taylor)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Riddell's Lazy Daisy (Riddell Dozedaisy) Aphanostephus riddellii
Flower about 1 1/2" wide that opens midday and closes at dusk, 40-85 ray flowers with as few as 25 in summer and fall. Buds and underside of petals are rosy. Petals lay back or fall off when the soil dries out. Pubescent, perennial, forming clumps, about 20" tall, from branched woody root. Leaves at base looks dandelion-like. Leaves have several round lobes. The lower leaves larger than upper leaves and strap-like on flower stem.
Leaf photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, etc.)

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Plains Lazy Daisy (Plains Dozedaisy, Arizona Lazy Daisy) Aphanostephus ramosissimus (Aphanostephus arizonicus)
16-32 ray flowers. Branched and partly decumbent. Leaves narrow leaves with several lobes. Slender taproot.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Jones, Callahan, Coleman, Coke)