Huisache Daisy

Species page

Huisache Daisy

Amblyolepis setigera

Asteraceae Yellow

One of many “darned yellow composites” (small yellow-flowered sunflower relatives, or DYCs), the huisache daisy sometimes forms huge springtime colonies on sandy soils in much of Texas, from thornscrub on the South Texas Plains to shortgrass prairies of the Panhandle.

Seasonality

Flowering months

April May June

Texas distribution

Region map

The highlighted regions reflect the historical distribution data preserved in the original collection.

Coastal Prairie Edwards Plateau Rolling Plains South Texas Trans-Pecos

Herbarium sheets

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