The Wooly Devil is a belly plant, meaning it is so small that it can only be properly seen when lying on the ground.

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

The Wooly Devil, or Ovicula biradiata​, was first spotted by botany volunteer Deb Manley and a park ranger in Big Bend ...

The plant, formally known as Ovicula biradiata, is especially notable for being the simultaneous discovery of a new species ...

In sun-scorched expanse of Big Bend National Park, where the Chihuahuan Desert stretches seemingly endlessly, Deb Manley was ...

The team sequenced the plant’s DNA and compared it with other specimens in the California Academy of Sciences’ herbarium. The ...

A new fuzzy plant species called the "Wooly Devil" has been discovered amongst the arid landscapes of Big Bend National Park ...

The small plant, officially named “Ovicula biradiata" and more affectionately called “wooly devil,” was first spotted in ...

Researchers say odd-looking plants discovered by a volunteer and supervisory interpretive park ranger at a U.S. National Park ...

A new plant species was recently discovered in Texas’ Big Bend National Park. It’s being called the “wooly devil.” ...

Park botanist C. Whiting takes a closer look at wooly devil. Photo credit: NPS / D. Manley ...