A new species of sunflower, Ovicula biradiata, has been identified in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This discovery, made by a park volunteer, marks the first new genus of plant documented in a U.S.

It's part of the sunflower family ... desert and—get this—only blooms after it rains. The name was inspired by its fuzzy exterior and red stripping: Ovicula means “tiny sheep” (because ...

With furry white leaves and maroon-streaked florets, the newly identified plant has been dubbed "wooly devil." ...

A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...