Desert Chicory, Plumeseed or New Mexico Plumeseed

Description:

The annual plants are gray-green with sparse foliage and are between 15 and 50 cm high.[2] Basal leaves are 5 to 20 cm long and pinnate with narrow lobes while leaves further up the stem are smaller.[2] White flowerheads appear at the end of the stems between May and June in the species native range.[2]

Habitat:

In the United States the species occurs in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.[1] It occurs in the Mexican states of Baja California and Sonora

Notes:

Valley of Fire State Park, NV