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Blackfoot Daisy

Melampodium leucanthum

Description:

A low, round, bushy plant with flower heads of 8-10 broad white rays surrounding a small yellow central disk. Plains blackfoot or blackfoot daisy is a low, bushy, mounded perennial, 6-12 in. tall and twice as wide. It is covered with narrow leaves and 1 in. wide, white, daisy-like flowers. The white rays are toothed at the tips and surround yellow disk flowers. These honey-scented flower heads are solitary and terminal on slender stalks.

Habitat:

Several of these plants were growing out on the spillway in very rocky soil.

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joanbstanley
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joanbstanley

Texas, USA

Spotted on Jun 16, 2014
Submitted on Jul 25, 2014

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