''Berlandiera pumila'', the soft greeneyes, is a

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States ( Texas,

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina). ''Berlandiera pumila'' is a branching

herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has several

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

with yellow ray florets and

maroon Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". According to multiple dictionaries, there are var ...

disc florets. It grows in open locations such as fields, roadsides, woodlands, etc.Flora of North America, ''Berlandiera pumila'' (Michx.) Nutt.
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pumila Flora of the Southern United States Plants described in 1803 {{Heliantheae-stub