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Yellow and Orange Wildflower Gallery

Daisy-like Flowers - Thistle-like Leaves

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Saw-leaf Daisy (Spanish Gold) Grindelia papposa (Prionopsis ciliata, Haplopappus ciliatus)

Golden yellow flower about 1 3/4" wide.   Plant grows about 5 feet tall.  Stem is very stiff with flower cluster at top.  Large leaves wrap around stem and have very spiny edges.  Livestock do not eat.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, August 2004

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa

Golden yellow flower about 1 3/4" wide.   Plant grows about 5 feet tall.  Stem is very stiff with flower cluster at top.  Large leaves wrap around stem and have very spiny edges.  Livestock do not eat.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, September 2005

(Native of Texas)

see similar     Golden-Aster

Similar Species

Rayless Gumweed Grindelia nuda var. nuda

No ray petals.  Small opposite leaves.

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Tocalote (Malta Star-thistle) Centaurea melitensis

Thistle-like flower about 3/8" wide.  Bracts have spines.  Plant grows to about 2 1/2 feet tall.  Leaves are hairy.  This plant is hard to kill if introduced into a field.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, June 2005

(Introduced from Europe)

Similar Species

Tocalote Centaurea solstitialis

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