False Annual Broomweed
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Scientific Name Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Family Name Aster ( Asteraceae )
 


Upright, smooth annual 16-28 inch. Stem solitary, much-branched in upper two thirds. Plants moundlike.

Flower Head to 3/4 across. Ray flowers 7-15 yellow; disk floers 10-35 yellow. Heads solitary at ends of short stalks.

Leaves Long, very narrow. Alternate. Dotted with small glands. Upper leaves few and very short. At time of blooming, almost all leaves have dropped.
Reference:
Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 135
July - December
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