A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...

A dense shrub with light purple flowers found in the Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district ...

A park supervisor and a local volunteer have introduced the world to the “woolly devil,” a plant species no other botanists ...

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A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

“These perennial flowering plants belong to the Asteraceae family and are known for their ability to thrive in full sunlight ...

One of Ellen’s main tasks at Kew was working on the Africa ‘naming wall’ – an area where unidentified specimens are stored, waiting for expert attention. Each specimen is sorted by plant family and ...

A genetic analysis revealed that this plant is so distinctive that it is not just a new species but best classified as an entirely new genus within the Asteraceae (Daisy) family," NPS said.

What plants are worst for hay fever? The plants that tend to be the worst for allergy sufferers are often part of the Asteraceae family, like asters, daisies, ragweed and dahlias. Again ...

According to the news release, their research and a genetic analysis revealed the plant is so distinctive it’s not only a new species, but an entirely new genus within the Asteraceae ...