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BERLANDIERA
COMPOSITAE
aka Green Eyes
(Berlandiera lyrata)
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A perennial plant of the Helianthus family found growing in Kansas, Arkansas, west to Arizona and northern Mexico. Plant is erect, branched to 20"; leaves are oblong to 7" long, deeply pinnately lobed in the lower half, whitish beneath; the disc of the flower is maroon with yellow rays that are brownish beneath. Blooms spring and summer. Heads expand in the morning.

Flowers were once used to season food.





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