Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus [Smallflower Desert Chicory]

[dancingcat]

Frary, S.C. (2022) Pyrrhopappus pauciflorus (D. Don) DC. (Asteraceae) Smallflower Desert Chicory photographed in UV and visible.

 

Collected: 18 April 2022, roadside, Waxahachie TX.  Voucher deposit: Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), S. C. Frary [124]

 

Other Common Names:  False Dandelion, Texas Dandelion

 

Synonyms: Pyrrhopappus geiseri, P. multicaulis, P. multicaulis var. geiseri, P. rothrockii, Sitilias multicaulis

 

Comment:
Profuse in lawns and along roadsides.  Larger than common dandelion.  Characteristic dark anther filaments.  

 

Reference:
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Plant Database, University of Texas at Austin. 
 
Equipment: [Olympus EM1mk2-broadband + Olympus 30mm f/3.5 macro]
 
Visible Light:  [f/16, ISO 200, 5”, KolariVision UV/IR Cut HotMirror Pro 2 filter, ambient indoor room light]

 

Ultraviolet Light: [f/4, ISO 200, 2.5”, 10-image in-camera stack, BaaderU filter, KolariVision UV torch]

[colinbm]

What a beautiful flower.

[Andrea B.]

It looks so much like Blue Chicory. 

[OlDoinyo]

A different color than the chicory that infests pavement margins in the Midwest (that one may be introduced.) I tried to put some in a vase of water once---and the water washed the color right out of the petals (you could see the fluid front propagating outwards.) Never had a flower do that to me before or since.