Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Herter

In fruit

on calcareous/caliche soils of low grassy rolling limestone ridges along eastern foothills of Sacramento Mountains.

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels.

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels.

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels. View of achenes

Plant on open grassy rhyolite hillside in igneous gravels. View of achenes

plant on sandy calcareous soils of grassy highway right-of-way crossing flat plain of degraded grassland merging the Chihuahuan Desert into the southern Llano Estacado.