Texas
Wildbuds

Acleisanthes longiflora

(Angel’s Trumpets)

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Acleisanthes longfilora, Lajitas Airport Trail 4, Brewster Co. 5805

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Acleisanthes longfilora, Lajitas Airport Trail 4, Brewster Co. 5793

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Acleisanthes longfilora, Lajitas Airport Trail 4, Brewster Co. 5813

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Acleisanthes longfilora, Lajitas Airport Trail 4, Brewster Co. 5820

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Achillea millefolium, Pecan Flats Trail, Inks Lake State Park, Burnet Co. 6337

Scientific Name Acleisanthes longiflora USDA PLANTS Symbol ACLO2
Common Name Angel's Trumpets ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 19547
Family Nyctaginaceae (Four O’clock) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Various dry soil types in deserts, grasslands, shrublands, or woodlands.
Plant: Sprawling or erect, many-branched perennial; stems up to 3 ft. long.
Leaves: Grayish-green blades lanceolate to linear-lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate to deltate, up to 1-1/2 long and 1-1/4 in wide; on petioles short to 1/2-inch long; margins undulate or crispate.
Inflorescence: White, trumpet-shaped blossoms born in leaf axils; blossoms about 3/4-inch across with very slender elongated tubular portion up to 7 inches long connecting to stem; 5 lobes, protruding stigma and 5 stamens; blossoms opening in the afteroon and through the night.
Bloom Period: Spring to fall.
References: "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, and Flora of North America.
BONAP Distribution Map

Map Color Key
Texas Status:
Native

Banner photo of Lupinus ssp. by Rick Capozza, Austin TX

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