Texas
Wildbuds

Haploesthes greggii var. texana

Haploesthes greggii var. texana, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5986

Haploesthes greggii var. texana, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5977

Haploesthes greggii var. texana, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5972

Haploesthes greggii var. texana, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 5983

Haploesthes greggii var. texana, East Contrabando Trail, Big Bend Ranch State Park 3179

Scientific Name	Hedypnois cretica	USDA PLANTS Symbol	HAGRT
Common Name	Cretanweed	ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.	37591
Family	Asteraceae (Sunflower)	SEINet Reference	Click Here
Description	Habitat: Disturbed, weedy areas, roadsides. Plant: Low-growing annual with multiple prostrate stems from base 4 to 12 inches long, ascending to a few inches tall inches; somewhat branched; foliage covered with bristly, irregular white hairs, split at the tips. Leaves: Alternate, oblong to oblanceolate; pinnately-lobed and upward-pointing; 2 to 6 inches long (upper leaves much smaller). Inflorescence: One to several dandelion-looking flower heads but smaller (~1/2 inch across); yellow rays have 5 purplish notches at tips. Bell-shaped involucre with light green, linear phyllaries in two rows; ones in upper row have dark tips and curve outward; lower ones are much shorter. Bloom Period: March and April. References: ”Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Southwest Desert Flora and American Southwest.	BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key	Texas Status: Introduced