Thamophylla tenuiloba
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual to 20 cm high with pinnately divided leaves 1-4 cm long. Heads solitary, 1.5-2.8 cm wide, disks and ray flowers yellow to yellow-orange.
Field Identification:
Plant Trivia: Endemic to Texas and northern Mexico
Occurrence: Frequent on o loamy soils in prairies, openings, and waste places in western half of area. Leaves are aromatic when crushed. There are two varieties T. tenuiloba tenuiloba and T. tenuiloba wrightii. The latter is found more frequently on sandy or loamy areas.
Bloom Period: March-November
Plant Use: Lanscape plant
Key to the Genus Thymophylla:
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Leaves opposite, margins of outer phyllaries free for 1/2 their length………………………………………………………………………………….…..T. pentachaeta
Leaves alternate, margins of outer phyllaries united up to short deltoid tips……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….T. tenuiloba
