Diaperia verna
(Spring Pygmy-cudweed)
Diaperia verna, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4489/4497
Diaperia verna, Cedar Chopper Trail, Colorado Bend State Park, San Saba Co. 9365
Diaperia verna, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4462
Diaperia verna, Cedar Chopper Trail, Colorado Bend State Park, San Saba Co. 9383
Diaperia verna, Cedar Chopper Trail, Colorado Bend State Park, San Saba Co. 9394
Diaperia verna, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8533
Diaperia verna, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8525
Diaperia verna, Lockhart State Park, Caldwell Co. 4468
| Scientific Name | Diaperia verna (Evax verna) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | EVVE |
| Common Name | Spring Pygmy-cudweed, Spring Rabbit-tobacco | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 780286 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soil types on slopes, plains, open or wooded areas. Plant: Short annual with 2 to 10 diverging branches, 1 to 5 inches tall; all foliage and flower heads covered with long, soft woolly hairs. Leaves: Greyish-green basal and stem leaves alternate, sessile, oblong to oblanceolate, 1/4 to 2/3-inch long; much small leaves below and within the inflorescence and around the tiny flower heads. Inflorescence: Small, dense, compact clusters (glomerules) about 1/3-inch across with several to ~10 tiny flower heads less than 1/8-inch across hidden by thick, woolly hairs; each flower head surrounded by small leaves and containing florets arranged around the perimeter (these are pistillate florets) and a few in the center (these are staminate); there are no ray florets. Strong magnifcation required to see details of the individual florets. Bloom Period: April to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon and Vascular Plants of Williamson County by A.C. Gibson. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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