| Scientific Name | Dracopis amplexicaulis | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Aster ( Asteraceae ) | ||||||||||||
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Upright smooth annual to 28 in. solitary stem, branching at upper portion. Flower: Head to 2 in. across. 5-9 ray flowers, solid yellow commonly with reddish brown in basal portion, wide-spreading to drooping. Disk flowers reddish brown, forming elongated cone-like structure. Heads solitary at ends of long, slender branches. Leaves: to 4 in. long, alternate, stalkless and clasping stem at base of blade. The blade is conspicuously 1-ribbed. Margins entire to finely and sharply toothed. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 147 | |||||||||||||
April - June
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Clasping Leaf |