A new plant species was recently discovered in Texas\u2019 Big Bend National Park. It\u2019s being called the \u201cwooly devil.\u201d
\nA volunteer with the park\u2019s botany program and a park ranger first noticed the tiny, fuzzy plants in desert rocks last March.
\nNot being able to recognize the plant, they took photos and used those to research databases and records, the park said. Nothing and no one else could identify the plant.
\n\u201cThe California Academy of Sciences, Sul Ross University, and Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaci\u00f3n para el Desarrollo Integral Regional joined park staff in the study of the new plant,\u201d the park said in a press release. \u201cA genetic analysis revealed that this plant is so distinctive that it is not just a new species but best classified as an entirely new genus within the Asteraceae\u202f(Daisy) family.\u201d
\nThe newly-discovered plant is officially named Ovicula biradiata.
\n\u201cOvicula = tiny sheep, in reference to the thick white \u201cwool\u201d that covers the leaves, and biradiata = referencing the two conspicuous ray petals in each flower,\u201d said park officials.
\nHowever, researchers are affectionately calling it the \u201cwooly devil.\u201d
\nDetails of the discovery were published in the peer-reviewed botanical journal PhytoKeys.<\/p>\n
\u201cOther recent scientific discoveries in Big Bend National Park include a fossil record of a new species of Duck-billed dinosaur (Malefica deckerti) and detection of a species of oak (Quercus tardifolia) once considered extinct,\u201d the park said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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