Scientists who want to learn more about the "wooly devil," a tiny flower recently discovered in West Texas, hope it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally falls in the area.

Creepy New Sunflower Discovered in Texas National Park With furry white leaves and maroon-streaked florets, the newly identified plant has been dubbed "wooly devil." ...

This photo taken on April 20, 2024, at Big Bend National Park in Texas shows botanist Carolyn Whiting viewing the wooly devil flower, by then withering, on her phone. Credit: AP/C. Hoy ...

Associated Press - March 31, 2025 This photo by James Bailey shows the wooly devil flower in Big Bend National Park on April 6, 2024. (James Baily via AP) By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press ...

A newly discovered plant found by a national park volunteer in the Texas desert is a small, fuzzy flower that pokes up between rocks. With its limited range, this species could be threatened by ...

Meet the ‘Woolly Devil,’ the Strangest Sunflower You’ve Ever Seen A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...

This discovery, initially shared on iNaturalist, led researchers to visit Big Bend National Park in Texas. DNA analysis confirmed that this plant, nicknamed the 'woolly devil', is unique, marking the ...

The plant was also found near Devil’s Den, a hiking area in Big Bend National Park. According to Smithsonian, the woolly devil’s scientific name derives from the Latin word Ovicula, which ...

The Wooly Devil is what botanists call a "belly plant"-so tiny that it can only be properly observed while lying on the ground. It ranges from just under a centimetre to about 3-7 centimeters across.

news Texas New 'wooly' plant species discovered at Texas' Big Bend National Park The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata” and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was ...

Meet "wooly devil," a fuzzy new plant species discovered at a national park in Texas is a brand new species. Botanists are excited to watch it grow this spring.