ASTERACEAE

Palafoxia hookeriana

Common Name:  Showy Palafoxia

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Palafoxia hookeriana is endemic to Texas habit -- stems 25-180cm tall; showy pink ligules
densely viscid-glandular (sticky); leaf blades narrowly lanceolate this member of the Asteraceae has both disk and ray flowers
 
typically found in sandy soils and in forested areas  
   
   

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