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Old Plainsman

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Old Plainsman Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

Flower ball about 1/2" wide.  Petal-like bracts shrivel as flower blooms.  Single stem branches occasionally up the sides but mostly at top.  Larger lower leaves are about 6" long.  Upper leaves are short and thick.  Plant grows to about 3 feet tall.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Fine-leaf Woolly-white Hymenopappus filifolius

Flower ball about 1/2" wide.  It should have yellow petal-like bracts.  Central stem branches at top.  Larger leaves are near the base.  Plant grows to 16".  Flower color is sometimes white.

Photos taken in Coleman County, Texas, May 2004

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

likely  Sandhill Woolly-white Hymenopappus carrizoanus

This plant takes all spring to send up a stalk and open its buds.  Stalk branches occasionally with each branch and the top of the main stalk with multiple small branches for each flower cluster.  Flower ball about 1/2" wide without the showy petal-like bracts.  Plant grows to about 3 feet tall.  "Staghorn-like" leaves are short and thick and almost all are at the base.  No large leaves.

Photos taken in Taylor County, Texas, April 2004

(Native of Texas)

Asteraceae (Compositae) - Sunflower family

Ragweed Woolly-white Hymenopappus artemisiifolius

Flower ball about 1/2" wide grows in clusters.  Individual flowers are white to rose-pink.  Showy white petal-like bracts shrivel as flower blooms.  Basal leaves are about 3"-7" long.  Single stem with flower branches at the top have only a few leaves that have linear lobes.  Plant grows to about 3 feet tall.

Flower photos taken by Sonnia Hill inVan Zandt County, Texas, April 2003

Young rosette photo taken in Smith County, Texas, November 2006

(Native of Texas)

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