Cosmos parviflorus (Jacq.) Pers.

Photo taken in Las Cruces, NM, on 30 Jan 2016. Longest fruit body from base of pappus to base of fruit = 12 mm

on open, grassy, undulating plain in basin along & below eastern Madrean escarpment, among diverse grasses and forbs on coarse volcanic alluvium.

narrow canyon bottom on coarse gravels and sands of volcanic rhyolitic tuff in open area above creek

roadside openings on volcanic soil and gravels

roadside openings on volcanic soil and gravels

roadside openings on volcanic soil and gravels