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Daisy

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.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004

(Native of Texas, Taylor, Runnels, Coke, Jones, Shakelford)

Similar Species

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, Coleman, Brown)

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.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, October 2004

(Native of Texas, Taylor, Runnels, Coleman, Jones, Fisher, Brown, Eastland)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Plains Fleabane Erigeron modestus

Flower about 3/4" wide with lavender or pink tips.  Plant grows to about 8" tall.  This plant varies its growth habit throughout the year.  Spring, leafless stalk with lobed leaves at base.  Summer, branched upright with unlobed leaves on branches.  Fall, sprawling with small narrow leaves.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May 2004

(Native of Texas)

Similar Species

Running Fleabane Erigeron colomexicanus

single bloom

(Native of Texas, Callahan)

Trailing Fleabane Erigeron flagellaris

single bloom

(Native of Texas, Taylor)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

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Flower about 1/2" wide.  Plant grows about 3 feet tall.  Stem is un-branched except at the top.  These branches branch near the top for loose clusters of flowers.  Larger leaves are at the base with thinner ones up the main stem.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May & June 2005

(Native of Texas)

Hunting Similar Species

Philadelphia Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

Stalk with several blooms.  Large leaves.

(Native of Texas, Brown, Eastland)

possible  Daisy Fleabane (Prairie Fleabane, Rough Fleabane) Erigeron strigosus

Tall plant with many side branches and blooms.

(Native of Texas, Taylor, Callahan, Brown)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Blackfoot Daisy (Plains Black-foot) Melampodium leucanthum

Flower about 3/4" wide.  Petal has a single notch or sometime with a very small central lobe.  Petal width depends on moisture.  After petals dry they often remain on plant.  Outer phyllaries (base of daisy) united more than half their length.  Blooms early in the Spring and keeps blooming with rain until frost.  Leaves are narrow without lobes, with pronounced central vein.  Large colony shown is about 8" tall and 2 feet wide.  Plant 6"-20" tall.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2003 & April 2004

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

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Flower about 1" wide.  Three distinct lobes with the central one shorter.  Leaves narrow but wider than Blackfoot Daisy.  Plant shown is about 6" tall.

(Similar to Blackfoot Daisy but petals have 3 wide lobes)

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, March 2003, October 2004, April 2005

(Native of ?)

Hunting Similar Species

Hoary Blackfoot Melampodium cinereum var. cinereum

Creamy-white flower, 3/8"-1" wide, 7-13 rays, yellow disk.  Outer phyllaries (base of daisy) united a third or less their length.  Linear-oblong leaves about 2 1/8" long, up to 10 pinnate lobes.  Basal part of margin and midrib of leaf have stiff hairs.  Small shrub, about 5 1/2"-8" tall.

(Native of Texas)

? Common Name Melampodium cinereum var. hirellum

Creamy-white flower, 3/8"-3/4" wide, 7-13 rays, yellow disk.  Outer phyllaries (base of daisy) united a third or less their length.  Linear-oblong leaves about 1 1/4" long, 2-8 pinnately lobed.  Margin of leaf  and stems have stiff hairs.  Small shrub, about 5 1/2"-8" tall.

(Native of Texas)

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