The so-called “woolly devil” is tiny, pale and well camouflaged amid limestone-rich rocks and look-alike plants in Texas’s Big Bend National Park, where it was discovered. “When we found ...

So far, woolly devils are known to exist only in a small area of Big Bend National Park, and the researchers think that, based on its limited range, this plant might be particularly sensitive to ...

DNA analysis confirmed that this plant, nicknamed the 'woolly devil', is unique, marking the first discovery of a new plant genus in a U.S. national park in nearly 50 years. The 'woolly devil', or ...

She chose the genus name Ovicula, or “little sheep,” because Powell had nicknamed the plant “woolly.” The species name, biradiata, refers to the two ray-like petals, arcing like horns on a ...

According to a newly published study in the botanical journal PhytoKeys, the plant, named Ovicula biradiata- or "Wooly Devil"-is not just a new species but belongs to a completely new genus within ...

She chose the genus name Ovicula, or “little sheep,” because Powell had nicknamed the plant “woolly.” The species name, biradiata, refers to the two ray-like petals, arcing like horns on a ...

The "woolly devil," as researchers have named it, is in the sunflower family and also represents a new genus. This is the first time in nearly 50 years that a new plant genus has been described in ...

Biradiata references the two ray petals in each flower. Researchers working on the plant have also referred to it as the "Wooly Devil." "I’m excited to discover whether there are other ...