See the "Wooly Devil," new plant species discovered at a U.S. national park for the first time in nearly 50 years
The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata​, was first spotted by botany volunteer Deb Manley and a park ranger in Big Bend ...
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National Park Service Announces New Plant Species "Wooly Devil" Discovered at Big Bend National Park in Texas
New Plant Species Discovered at Big Bend National Park . Close up view of "Wooly Devil." Photo credit: NPS / D. Manley.
Researchers discover new species of sunflower dubbed the 'wooly devil' at Big Bend National Park
Researchers with the California Academy of Sciences have discovered a new species of sunflower endemic to the dry, rugged ...
New species of fuzzy sunflower found by national park volunteer
The team sequenced the plant’s DNA and compared it with other specimens in the California Academy of Sciences’ herbarium. The ...
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New plant named “Wooly Devil” discovered in Big Bend National Park
Two staff members at Big Bend National Park have discovered a new plant. In March 2024, a volunteer with the Big Bend ...
‘Devil’-like flower with ‘horns’ found in Texas is new species. Its location is secret
A volunteer at Texas’ Big Bend National Park spotted bright red blooms after rain in a remote stretch of desert, leading to ...
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Big Bend National Park Staffers Discover Entirely New Plant Species
Spanning 801,165 acres and featuring a mix of riparian ecosystems, desert bajadas, and sky island woodlands, Big Bend ...
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‘Devil’-like flower with ‘horns’ found in Texas is new species. Its location is secret
Researchers call the plant the wooly devil because of its fuzzy appearance and the red horn-like flowers that bloom from it. Photo by Deb Manley, et al. (2025) PhytoKeys “While many assume that ...
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New ‘wooly devil’ plant species discovered at Big Bend National Park
A new plant species has been discovered at Big Bend National Park, the park announced in a news release Monday.