Soft goldenaster facts for kids

Bradburia pilosa is a type of flowering plant. It is often called the soft goldenaster. This plant is part of the daisy family. It grows naturally in North America.

Discovering the Soft Goldenaster

The soft goldenaster is a plant that blooms with bright yellow flowers. It is an important part of the plant life in its native regions. Scientists study plants like this to understand our world better.

Where Does It Live?

This plant is native to the south-central United States. You can find it mainly in the southeastern Great Plains. It also grows in the lower Mississippi Valley.

States where it naturally grows include Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri. It is also found in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. Sometimes, you might see it farther east. This includes states from Florida to Virginia. However, in these areas, it was likely brought there by people.

What Does It Look Like?

The Bradburia pilosa is an annual plant. This means it completes its entire life cycle in one year. It grows from a seed, flowers, produces seeds, and then dies.

It can grow quite tall, up to about 80 centimeters (32 inches). The plant has many yellow flower heads. These are not single flowers but groups of many tiny flowers.

How Is It Different?

Inside the flower heads, there are special tiny flowers called disc florets. In Bradburia pilosa, these disc florets can produce seeds. This is how the plant reproduces.

There is a plant that looks very similar, called B. hirtella. The main difference is that the disc florets in B. hirtella do not produce seeds. This makes B. pilosa unique among its close relatives.