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06 April 2020

Antheemis deserti - Judah

This year there has again been good winter rains and as a result, some flowering plants are in full bloom. I came across a nice small patch of flowering plants near Judah that had some Antheemis desertiThe genus Anthemis (family: Asteraceae) includes approximately 210 species distributed in Europe, south west Asia, and north and north east Africa and is a medicinally important genus. Antheemis deserti flowers in the first three months of the years and has large white daisy petals and a yellow center of tubular florets. The soil were I found the plant was shallow with some clay and silt with hardpan outcropping where large accumulations of windblown sand could accumulate. 
Antheemis deserti

Antheemis deserti