ASTERACEAE

Hymenopappus scabiosaeus

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Hymenopappus scabiosaeus headscloseup.jpg (36467 bytes) Hymenopappus scabiosaeus youngheads.jpg (22099 bytes)
typical look of heads--what do you think the curly structures that extend out of the disk flowers are? young heads--in Spring when the heads first appear, ray flowers are present; however, the ray corollas quickly drop as the head matures
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus leaf.jpg (80740 bytes) Hymenopappus scabiosaeus habit2.jpg (153696 bytes)
leaf--the leaves of H. scabiosaeus are bipinnatifid, especially along the stem habit in spring