Berlandiera texana
(Texas Greeneyes)
Berlandiera texana, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 1014
Berlandiera texana, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 1025
Berlandiera texana, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 1028
Berlandiera texana, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 2953
Berlandiera texana, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 1019
Berlandiera texana, Fredericksburg, Gillespie Co. 1021
Berlandiera texana, Bastrop State Park, Bastrop Co. 2958
| Scientific Name | Berlandiera texana (Berlandiera betonicifolia) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | BEBE4 |
| Common Name | Texas Greeneyes | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 36835 |
| Family | Asteraceae (Sunflower) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat Dry, rocky, calcareous and sandy soils, open woodlands and edges, roadsides and valleys. Plant: Erect perennial 2 to 4 feet tall, hairy stems usually unbranched up to the inflorescence. Leaves: Deep green triangular to ovate, 1-1/2 to 6 inches long and 3/4 to 2-3/8 inches wide, crowded and sessile above, more evenly-spaced below and short-petiolate ; evenly-toothed edges; fine hairs on both surfaces. Inflorescence: A few composite flower heads in terminal corymb clusters, each up to 2 inches across with 5 to 12 yellow rays with greenish veins visible on the back sides; maroon/red disk florets subtended by green phyllaries that give the disk an overall green appearance; involucre phyllaries (bracts) below rays are wide velvety and overlapping. Blooming Period: June to September. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, Missouri Botanical Garden and SEINet Note: There is some confusion about the species name with some authors using B. texana and others using B. betonicifolia. As far as I can tell, they are the same. |
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Texas Status: Native |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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