Eine neue Pflanzenart und Gattung sorgt im US-Nationalpark für Aufsehen. 🌿Fast ein halbes Jahrhundert nach der letzten Entdeckung.

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#OviculaBiradiata #WoolyDevil #BigBend #Texas #USA #Forschung #Botanik #Wissenschaft #Pflanzen

Have you heard of the wooly devil? It's a new plant recently discovered in Big Bend national park in the US! It's distinct enough it's even been given its own genus in the daisy family. Its scientific name Ovicula biradiata basically means two-petaled tiny sheep.

#woolydevil #plant #dragon #artist

It has been wonderful to see all the enthusiasm for the #woolydevil in the midst of everything else going on. This is a wonderful write up by @npr.org @jamesdoubek.bsky.social

Babe get in here new genus dropping! #WoolyDevil

New Plant Species Discovered at Big Bend National Park - Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

Ok #gardensky I am legitimately giddy if this shy baby can be good all over the desserts. www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/n... #woolydevil

Here's a newly discovered plant species named "wooly devil" (Ovicula biradiata). It was found in Big Bend National Park in Texas. It is the first new plant genus discovered in a US national park since 1976. By KFOR. OK News 4. #woolydevil #BigBend #NPS #OviculaBiradiata #flowers #Texas