Lance-leaf tickseed grows in small clumps but forms extensive colonies. It s 1-2 1/2 feet tall and has leaves 3-4 inches long, opposite, sometimes alternate near the top where the leaves are fewer. some of the leaves are deeply cut, almost forming 3 leaflets. flower heads are yellow, 1-1 1/2 inches across. The yellow center or disk flowers stand out distinctly from the ray flowers, which appear to be attached just below them. Ray flowers are 4-lobed. the yellow, daisy-like flowers occur singly atop long, naked peduncles. This native species has branching stems at base and often forms sizable colonies along roadsides and in old fields.
I took these pictures next to Sand Lake on the northwest side of Wekiwa State Park.
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