Yellow wildflower needs ID

17 years ago

These are perennials that grow in hot dry sun among the rocks. Very tough and pretty. Probably about 9 inches tall. I can't find them in my wildflower books. Nothing I find has that pointed petal. Anyone have ideas what it is? Thanks!

WindsurfGirl

Western OK

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TulsaRose
17 years ago
Hey Windsurfgirl...I hope you find a definite answer to that particular lil' jewel. I have one just like it that I've been trying to ID for a week and it doesn't show up anywhere that I've looked.

The closest I've come to it is Yellow Goatsbeard, Tragopogon Dubius, but the foliage doesn't look right. Another one could be Tragopogon Pratensis.

It will probably turn out to be some form of Sunflower and I'll feel like a big ol' donkey girl for not figuring that out. lol!

Rosie
okiegardener
17 years ago
I did a quick search for 'yellow wildflower' and found this great site at Colo State U with 22 pages of photos. I found several that had similar flowers and several with similar leaves, but none with both that I could tell. The leaf looks like a Rosemary in your photo, but I couldn't find anything in that category. The flower looks like Helianthus, but couldn't match the leaf. It's a lovely little plant, though. Good luck with your search.

Here is a link that might be useful: Yellow wildflowers at CSU
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