Several flowers were open on 29 January, in late afternoon and consequently already starting to nod.

Detail of one of the above heads. Note the bend in the pedicel, the result of tracking the sun combined with lowering for the day.

Chaptalia texana in Zilker Park (Austin, Travis Co.)

by Bob Harms 

A large population was discovered on a SW facing hillside,mostly within juniper thickets. Although numerous head were flowering in late January (see above), on February 29 hundreds of plants were in erect full bloom.

Each white 'dot' in the panorama below is a flower head. Scroll the panorama to see it all.

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