A West Texas Weed

This is growing in the alley… seriously.  Don’t you think we could dig it up and put it in a pot, call it native vegetation & make up a big name in Latin and 10 people would be lined up asking when we got the next truckfull in?

Anyone know what it is?  I assume it is a “weed”, take that in whatever way you wish.  I used to think this was a weed… or that was a weed… then I realized that a weed is what you term it as.  Something growing somewhere it isn’t “supposed to”… is usually called a weed.  blah blahb lhblahblhab.a.a..blahbity blah. 

So what is it?