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Sunflower Family Virgate Tarweed June-Nov Open Grasslands |
Asteraceae Holocarpha virgata "Greek for wholly chaffy" "Willow-like, twiggy" |
This is one of the late summer and fall flowers. Another common name is well earned - sticky tarweed. Like all tarweeds, it has a strong tar-like odor. Large grass areas of the park take on a yellow glow from this plant in late summer. The 1/2" flowers stand on a 1-4' stalk. Look on the eastern slopes of Blue Ridge.
