It's certainly a flax. You say 'down the road' as if this might be in a location where people have been active rather than a really wild place. Could it possibly be a stray plant of common flax, Linum usitatissimum, which is a crop grown in Texas according a quick Google. Just a thought.

Looks like bitterweed, Hymenoxis odorata. hortster Here is a link that might be useful: Bitterweed

Descriptions say it is xeric but it has only appeared when we have had a gentle year. I can't say it is wet since we are still 10' below normal for the 12 month period. The rains have been well placed and all gentle soaking in rains, not he 8" downpour and nothing else. I have been using my very new looking, but old, unused mushroom book. My land was also over grazed so between the drought and the cows, it might just be more recuperation of the land.

Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl. clasping Venus' looking-glass