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Daisy-like Flowers - Rounded Ends

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis, Goldenwave)Coreopsis tinctoria

Deep golden-yellow flower about 1"-1 1/2" wide.  Center is maroon.  Tip of petal has 3 lobes with the center the longest.  These plants grow 2-3 feet tall and can cover roadsides and fields.  Leaves are pinnately compound, narrow and clumped at stem, but are wider than Thelesperma.  In a wet spring these flowers will cover roadsides and ungrazed fields.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, May & August 2004

(Native of Texas)

Petals can be solid yellow, or occasionally solid maroon.

I am still learning to identify this species.  This may be a wilder variation of the Coreopsis tinctoria.

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.  These plants grow to about 2 feet tall and can cover roadsides and fields.  Leaves are pinnately compound, very narrow and widely spaced.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April, May, October 2004 & April 2006

(Native of Texas)

see similar   Rayless Green-thread

Similar Species

Navajo Tea Thelesperma simplicifolium

Smaller disk.  Base of flower is narrow.  Both phyllaries are short.  Thread-like leaves.  Leaves are pinnately compound, very narrow and clumped at stem.

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Yellow Daisy (Plains Yellow Daisy) Tetraneuris scaposa

Flower about 2 1/2" wide and can have 12-31 petals.  Orangey-yellow center forms a low dome.  Petals age to white and curl under.  Grass-like leaves are at the base only.  Flower heads are about 1 foot high.  Blooms March through May, sporadically through the summer and then again in September through October.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April & October 2004, April 2006

(Native of Texas)

Similar Species

Fineleaf Fournerved Daisy Tetraneuris linearifolia

Annual with branched, conspicuously leafy stems.  Ray flowers are 5-10mm long, quite variable from 6-22.  Phyllaries 2.5-4.5mm long.  The bloom time is from Mar-May, re-branching and producing additional heads to Jul.

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Bitterweed (Fine-leaved Sneezeweed, Yellowdicks, Bitter Sneezeweed) Helenium amarum

Flower 3/4"-1" wide. Petals have 3 lobes, tend to droop, and usually have gaps between them.  Orangey-yellow center is flatish.  Grass-like leaves are at the base only.  Flower heads are about 6"-8" high.  Honey from this plant is bitter.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Engelmann Daisy (Cut-leafed Daisy) Engelmannia pinnatifida

Bright yellow flower about 2" wide with "pinched" petal tip.  The 8 petals look tacked to the center with thread.  The center starts off without the tiny flowers so has a "green eye".  As the center flowers age, they dry out to brown showing the green base.  Petals curl under as the day heats or becomes dark.  Lower leaves are 4" long and hairy.  Upper leaves are smaller, growing halfway up stalk.  Plant grows 2-3 feet high and can be found in large groupings.  Eaten by livestock.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April & May 2004, May & June 2005

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Awnless Bush Sunflower (Bush Sunflower) Simsia calva

Bright yellow flower about 1" wide with golden center and "pinched" petal tip.  Hairy leaves are opposite.  Upright to sprawling plant grows to about 2 feet tall.  Leaves are eaten by deer.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September - October 2004, & May 2006

Photos taken in Val Verde County, Texas, August 2005 (Wet Summer)

(Native of Texas)

see similar   Golden-Aster

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Lyreleaf Greeneyes (Chocolate Daisy, Chocolate Flower) Berlandiera lyrata

This plant smells like milk chocolate.  2" wide flower grow out of a 3/4" wide green velvety pad.  The petals appear to be tacked down with red thread and have a "pinched" tip.  The petal backs have dark red veins.  The center flowers are red each with a yellow spike.  Variable shaped leaves are 6"-8" long.  Plant grows to about 18" tall.  Native Americans may have used this plant to season food.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005 & April 2006

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Butterweed Senecio glabellus

Flower 1/2"-3/4" wide.  Petals have two small lobes at tip.  Plant shown is about 10" tall.  Leaves are mostly at base and deeply divided with the end section wider than long.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2005

(Native of Texas)

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)

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