An unidentified plant in the DFW area in North Texas.

This photo of an unidentified plant with "spiny" leaves was posted on the Hugelkultur Facebook page recently: the poster says it will grow to 6 feet tall or more, on disturbed soil, can have multiple stems if it has the room, and has yellow blooms later in the year. It is a prolific seed producer..

My guess is that it is some kind of agave plant, but that is probably wrong.

I am posting this here in the hopes someone might recognize it.

Here is the Hugelkultur FB group: The plant was posted by Paul Hopkins on Sunday around noon:

Hugelkultur Gardening Public Group | Facebook

Thank You in advance for your comments. :-)

 

I believe it might be a Grindelia.

 

Okay try this, Grindelia papposa

 

Thank You! That looks very right.

"Wax Goldenweed"
CalPhotos: Grindelia papposa; Wax Goldenweed

And: "Spanish Gold, Clasping-leaved haplopappus, or Saw-leaf Daisy"
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

Nice names, imho.

I'll pass this along to Paul, et al. Again, Thanks! :-)

 

There is also a possibility it is a Grindelia ciliata: This ID was from " Craig Freeman, curator at the University of Kansas Herbarium (KANU)" via a friend on Facebook.

Grindelia ciliata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A close relative of these flowers that grows here in Savona, B.C., is the Common Gumweed, Grindelia camporum:
Grindelia camporum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm quite sure this plant migrated into this region only about 30-odd years ago. We have also seen the arrival of Milkweed and Chicory. At least I think these are new arrivals... observation: all these plants tend to grow next to pavement, since the pavement allows water to run off to feed the plants. There isn't sufficient water farther away from the pavement, so they tend to not grow in the open spaces...

 

Grindelia ciliata is a synonym for G. papposa. Same plant.

 

Thanks. That was a bit confusing. :-)


Cheers,

Chris Green.