Hymenopappus tenuifolius
(Chalk Hill Woollywhite)
Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Abilene State Park, Taylor Co. 8984
Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Abilene State Park, Taylor Co. 8975
Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Abilene State Park, Taylor Co. 8980
Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Abilene State Park, Taylor Co. 8972
Hymenopappus tenuifolius, Abilene State Park, Taylor Co. 8979
| Scientific Name | Hymenopappus tenuifolius | USDA PLANTS Symbol | HYTE2 |
| Common Name | Chalk Hill Woollywhite | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 37773 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry sandy, rocky, calcareous or clay soils in open areas; prairies, pastures, right-of-ways. Plant: Erect, single-stemmed, biennial 1 to usually 3 (up to 6) feet tall; stem is somewhat woolly to nearly smooth and branched in upper portions when flowering. Leaves: First-year basal leaves in a rosette, 3 to 6 inches long and 1-5/8 to 2 inches wide; ovate to triangular in outline, bipinnately-divided with narrow linear or filiform segments; stem leaves similar in shape but smaller; gray-green from many short white hairs, especially on undersides. Inflorescense: Many flower heads in flat-topped clusters, each on pubescent to smooth peduncles 3/8 to 2 inches long, with 25 to 50 small white to creamy-white flowers; no ray flowers; disk florets have protruding tubes with reflexed style lobes at the ends; bell-shaped involucre with hair-covered or smooth phyllaries that are greenish-white to pale yellow-green, ovate with round-pointed tips. Bloom Period: May to August. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, Missouri State University and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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