Palofoxia texana
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual. 3-120 cm high, with lanceolate leaves 2-8 cm long, alternate. Heads loosely corymbose, usually 1–15 mm high, discoid. Corolla lavender, light purple, or purple-violet.
Plant Trivia: Our is variety Palafoxia texana ambigua.
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent and locally abundant on sandy and loamy soils in prairies, openings, and waste places; also, on beach shell
Bloom Period: April-December
Plant Use: Attractive in garden; Lesser Goldfinches eat seeds.
Key to species of Palafoxia:
- Heads radiate……………………………………………………………………………P. hookeriana
Heads discoid……………………………………………………………………………………P. texana
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