What she saw was no ordinary desert plant. Tiny, fuzzy, and crowned with maroon florets, it looked like something out of a fairy tale. “I had never seen anything like it before,” said Manley ...

The woolly devil—a recently identified plant species—has researchers intrigued because it belongs to a brand new genus.

Ovicula means "Tiny Sheep," in reference to the fuzzy white "wool" that covers the leaves. Biradiata references the two ray petals in each flower. Researchers working on the plant have also ...

"They chose the name Ovicula, which means "tiny sheep" in Latin, due to the plant's fuzzy appearance resembling wool. The species name biradiata refers to the two ray petals found in each flower.