Helianthus argophyllus
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual to 4 mm high with white, woolly leaves 6-30 cm long. Leaves weakly heart shaped, fuzzy. Heads 7-10 cm wide, solitary. Disks brown, rays orange-yellow.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Easily identified by its white appearance from a distance; its white woolly body up close; and its typical large sunflower appearance.
Occurrence: Frequent on deep sands, mostly along the coast and in seam bottoms
Bloom Period: June-December
Plant Use: Seeds are popular with Lesser Goldfinches.
Key to the species Helianthus is found in Plant of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White. It is also located n the page “Common Sunflower, Mirasol” in this website.
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