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In the summer of 2001, residents in the small town of Danville, N.H., reported an unusual new resident: a woolly monkey.
The wooly devil's official name — Ovicula biradiata — takes inspiration from its appearance: Ovicula, which means tiny sheep, is a nod to the hairs that cover its leaves; while biradiata, or ...
The flower, called Ovicula biradiata and dubbed the “wooly devil,” is described in a study published February in the journal PhytoKeys.
This photo by James Bailey shows the wooly devil flower in Big Bend National Park on April 6, 2024. Credit: AP/James Bailey The discovery of the flower was announced last month.
Meet the ‘Woolly Devil,’ the Strangest Sunflower You’ve Ever Seen A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas’s Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers ...
In a remote corner of the Chihuahuan Desert, an unexpected botanical discovery has captured the attention of scientists. A plant with bright red, horn-like flowers has been identified as a new species ...
A close-up of a woolly devil. Courtesy of D. Manley/National Park Service As the saying goes, the devil is in the details.
The plant was also found near Devil’s Den, a hiking area in Big Bend National Park. According to Smithsonian, the woolly devil’s scientific name derives from the Latin word Ovicula, which ...
The Wooly Devil is what botanists call a "belly plant"-so tiny that it can only be properly observed while lying on the ground. It ranges from just under a centimetre to about 3-7 centimeters across.
The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata" and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in March 2024.(Big Bend National Park) A “wooly” plant is among a ...
Meet "wooly devil," a fuzzy new plant species discovered at a national park in Texas is a brand new species. Botanists are excited to watch it grow this spring.