​Chocolate Flower, Green Eyes, Lyre-leaf Green Eyes, Chocolate Daisy,Berlandiera lyrate, Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

Found in dry areas, roadsides, grassy slopes
Seen blooming in May at Abiquiu Lake

The roadsides up at the Lake were bright with masses of Chocolate Flowers and Perky Sue until the USACE mower came along, but some can still be seen that were out of the mower’s reach and the others should come back. They grow to two feet tall, erect or leaning, with lobed, toothed leaves that are lyre-shaped. Flowers are bright yellow with a maroon disk of stamens that smell like unsweetened chocolate. The petals have red veins underneath, the bracts below the petals are large and petal like. They open in the morning and droop in the heat of the day. Native Americans used the Chocolate Flower to alleviate stomach problems. There are claims that the smoke from dried, burned roots will calm a nervous condition and in some cultures, inspire courage. Source.
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