|
 |
| habit--Viguiera makes a dazzling display in early Fall! | heads--the heads in Viguiera are supported by long peduncles and by long branches |
 |
 |
| heads--which types of flowers are present? Rays flowers, disk flowers, or both? Do you see the two-forked stigma that is present in the disk flowers? (hint: look in shadows of the flowers of the middle head) All members of the Asteraceae have two-forked stigmas. | head again--notice that the ray corollas have only one notch at their tips |
 |
 |
| phyllaries (these are what the involucral bracts are called in Asteraceae) | leaf--what kind of venation is present here? Having three main veins originating at the leaf base is a common feature of many species in the sunflower family. |
| Viguiera looks a lot like Wedelia texana, but differs in that its leaves are opposite below and alternate above (Wedelia's are all opposite); Viguiera is taller and has petioled, deltoid (roughly triangular) leaves while Wedelia's leaves are sessile and elongate-ovate | |
