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Tuesday - September 29, 2009
From: Richardson, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Wildflowers
Title: Earliest spring wildflower from Richardson TX
Answered by: Nan Hampton and Joe Marcus
QUESTION:
What spring wildflower is consistently among the first to bloom in North Texas?"ANSWER:
Anemone berlandieri (tenpetal thimbleweed) is typically the first-flowering spring wildflower in North Texas. It sometimes flowers as early as late January, though sometime in February is more common. Technically, Tetraneuris scaposa (stemmy four-nerve daisy) is earlier flowering since it blooms pretty much continuously year-round. If you go out to walk off your New Years Day lunch and see a low-growing yellow daisy blooming, chances are it's T. scaposa.
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