A volunteer spotted the tiny, fuzzy plant with maroon florets while exploring the remote northern corner of Big Bend National ...

The team has taken to calling it the wooly devil for the dense fur-like fibers covering its leaves and because of the red-and-white flowers that bloom out and upward from its center. Various examples ...

The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata ... area on the northern end of the park were not anything like they had seen before. After searching plant databases, consulting experts and even asking ...