Wright's hymenothrix facts for kids

Hymenothrix wrightii is a cool flowering plant from North America. People often call it Wright's thimblehead or Wright's hymenothrix. It's part of the big daisy family, which includes sunflowers and dandelions!

Discovering Wright's Thimblehead

Where Wright's Thimblehead Lives

This plant loves sunny places in North America. You can find it in the northwestern parts of Mexico. This includes the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Baja California. It also grows in the southwestern United States. You can see it in western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and the very southern tip of California.

What Wright's Thimblehead Looks Like

Wright's thimblehead is a perennial herb. This means it's a plant that lives for more than two years. It can grow up to about 60 centimeters (or 2 feet) tall.

Each plant usually has 6 to 8 flower heads on each stem. These flower heads grow in a flat-topped group. Each head has between 15 and 30 small flowers. These tiny flowers are called disc flowers. They can be white, pink, or a light purple color. Unlike some other daisy family plants, Wright's thimblehead does not have ray flowers. Ray flowers are the petal-like parts you see on a sunflower. The individual disc flowers on this plant are actually quite large. They are showier than those found on many other plants in the daisy family.