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Yellow Spiny Daisy
Sunflower Family : Asteraceae
Latin Name : Happlopappus spinulosa
Synonym : Machaeranthera spinulosa
Longevity : Perennial
Season : Warm
Origin : Native
Value : Wildlife – poor
Livestock -poor
Remarks :
Other common names, "Hoary tansyaster" and
"Cutleaf happlopappus". Not a true aster, true
asters will never have yellow flowers. Growth 6
to 20 in., flowers May to September. This is a very
hardy plant, with-standing drought quite well. Low
palatability. Adapted to dry, sandy or gravelly soil
of open prairies, pastures and roadsides.
Source: USDA-NRCS
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