About Trichoptilium incisum (A.Gray) A.Gray
Trichoptilium incisum is a plant that grows up to 20 centimetres (8 inches) tall. It produces stems growing upward from a basal rosette of sharply toothed leaves. These leaves reach up to 5 cm (2 in) long, and are covered in curly hairs and oil glands. Each stem is topped by a rounded bright yellow flower head roughly 1.5 cm (1⁄2 in) wide, made up of only disc florets. Each flower head is a hemispherical button shape around 1 cm in diameter. The fruit produced by this plant is bristly and topped with a pappus. This species is native to the Mojave and Sonoran Desert regions of the United States and Mexico. It emerges in late winter, and may also appear in autumn depending on rainfall.
