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Yellow and Orange Wildflower Gallery

Daisy-like Flowers - Flat Ended Petals with Sharp Lobes

  

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Smallflower Desert Chicory (Texas False Dandelion) Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (Pyrrhopappus multicaulis)
This plant's species and common name has changed from the one mentioned in most guide books.
Flower about 1 1/2" wide. Translucency make these flowers glow.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April-May 2004
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Shackelford, Callahan, Coleman, Brown, Runnels, Coke, Nolan)

Similar Species

Tuberous Desert Chicory Pyrrhopappus grandiflorus
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)

              

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola
Flower about 1/2" wide. Plant grows 4-5 feet tall with 1/2" thick main stems. Leaves are 3-4" long, spiny rib, and grow on the main stem only. Flowering stems have tiny leaves but generally look dead. Stems are stiff but not woody.
This plant is the closest wild relative of cultivated lettuce.
Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, July 2004
(Introduced, native of Europe, invasive - Taylor, Coleman, Brown, Coke)

Similar Species

Biannual Lettuce Lactuca ludoviciana
Flower can be white or yellow. Leaves are not lobed, spiny rib, bluish.
(Native of Texas - Taylor, Brown)