Texas Wildbuds
Hedypnois cretica
(Cretanweed)
Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8552
Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8538
Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8566
Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8551
Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8541
| Scientific Name | Hedypnois cretica | USDA PLANTS Symbol | HECR2 |
| Common Name | Cretanweed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 37591 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| 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. |
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Texas Status: Introduced |
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