A park volunteer snapped a photo of the plant in the dusty basin and shared it on a social media platform for pictures ...

Last year, Big Bend National Park volunteer Debra Manley and park ... myriad of other fuzzy locals were the strange and delicate flowers studding their centers. Had Manley arrived a few days ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Staffers at Big Bend National ... plant’s leaves, the National Park Service added. “Biradiata” refers to the two ray petals found in each of the flowers.

a reference to the two ray-like petals in each flower. "Now that the species has been identified and named, there is a tremendous amount we have yet to learn about it," Big Bend National Park ...

The type of sunflower is a new plant species, identified in Big Bend National ... park volunteer Deb Manley and Cathy Hoyt, a park interpretive operations supervisor. When Manley uploaded photos ...

After Manley’s picture went up, researchers soon descended on Texas’ Big Bend National Park to get a closer look at the flower which none of them had ever seen before. Through DNA analysis and ...

Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny flower recently discovered in ... It was discovered last year in Big Bend National Park, a part of the Texas Chihuahuan desert known for its rugged ...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas (WKRC/CNN Newsource ... "Biradiata" refers to the two ray petals present in each flower. Researchers have affectionately nicknamed the plant "Wooly Devil." ...

The small, fuzzy flower grows in the harsh, rocky soils of the Chihuahuan Desert and only appears after rainfall. CREDIT: Big Bend National Park. “Plants that thrive in deserts are often quite ...