| Other Names | Butter Daisy, Cow-Pen Daisy | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Verbesina encelioides | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Aster ( Asteraceae ) | ||||||||||||
| True Sunflower
Upright to sprawling annual to 4 ft with blue-green foliage. Extensive branching. Flower: Flowerhead to 2.5 inch, ray flowers 12-20 yellow, 3-toothed at tip. Disk flowers numerous, yellow. Heads solitary,terminal on long,slenderstalks. Leaves: to 4 inch long, blade thick, prominently veined underneath. Basal portion with large, toothed appendages or lobes on each side. Margins coarsely toothed. Lower leaves mostly opposite. Upper leaves alternate. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 200 Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 193 | |||||||||||||
April - November
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