Manyflower Leastdaisy

Chaetopappa bellioides is distinct in growth habit: numerous ascending stems usually arise from the apex of the caudex and form a bowl-like shape. Branches in other Chaetopappa species mostly arise above the base of the stem.

Annuals, 1–3 cm, eglandular; usually taprooted, rarely producing slender caudex branches when buried. Leaves not densely overlapping, basal blades oblanceolate-spatulate, cauline mostly oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 5–20(–30) × 2–5 mm, herbaceous, bases not clasping, flat, faces strigose. Involucres hemispheric, 3.5–6 × 4–10 mm. Ray florets 10–20(–32); corollas white. Disc florets 33–106, bisexual. Cypselae 1.8–2.1 mm, 2(–3)-nerved, faces sparsely strigose; pappi in 2 series, outer of (4–)5(–8) broad, white, hyaline scales 1–1.5 mm plus alternating inner of (4–)5(–8), barbellate bristles 2.1–3 mm. 2n = 16, 32.

Diplostelma bellioides A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 73. 1849; Chaetopappa bellioides var. hirticaulis Shinners

Chaetopappa bellioides, called the pretty lazy daisy, or manyflower leastdaisy, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It native to northern Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas) and to the Rio Grande Valley in western and southern Texas.