Hedypnois cretica
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual with spreading or prostrate stems to 35 cm long. Leaves 3-15 cm long. Seeds solitary, 1.5-1.8 cm wide, ligulate, the rays yellow with purple tips sometimes.
Plant Trivia: Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Locally abundant on sand or shell. Known from around Corpus Christi, west of Portland, east of Calallen, Rockport.
Bloom Period: March – June
Plant Use:
stxflora 