A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...
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‘Devil’-like flower with ‘horns’ found in Texas is new species. Its location is secretA volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...
A park supervisor and a local volunteer have introduced the world to the “woolly devil,” a plant species no other botanists ...
The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species and genus. It was found with help from the community science app iNaturalist ...
Deb Manley picked the name based on the plant's wooly hairs and its tendency to have two ray florets that "sort of look like ...
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This Tiny Fuzzy Plant is Called the Wooly Devil. It’s the First New Genus Discovered in a US National Park in 50 YearsThe wooly devil is only the latest in a series of remarkable finds in the park. In recent years, scientists have uncovered ...
Researchers call the plant the wooly devil because of its fuzzy appearance and the red horn-like flowers that bloom from it. Photo by Deb Manley, et al. (2025) PhytoKeys “While many assume that ...
Scientists have identified both a new species and genus of sunflower in the Texas desert, but climate change may threaten its ...
Deb Manley picked the name based on the plant's wooly hairs and its tendency to have two ray florets that "sort of look like devil horns," according to Lichter Mark. The wooly devil is small ...
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