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Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus |
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| Common name |
Texas dandelion |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
annual |
| Flowers |
yellow (February-June) |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
U.S. native with a wide range. Its appearance is similar to the dandelion, although the petals are packed into the flowerhead more sparsely, like in hawkweed. It forms a rosette of leaves that, like those of a dandelion, are irregularly margined, but with a less sharply jagged pattern. We never encountered this plant in Pennsylvania, and mistook it for a dandelion when it first started blooming in our Texas lawn, in mid-February. Like dandelions, it is taprooted, but according to online sources this one is an annual. It is distinguished from its look-alike cousin, P. carolinianus, by the presence of fine hairs along the stems.
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