Texas
Wildbuds

Guilleminea densa var. aggregata

(Small Matweed)

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Guilleminea densa var. aggregata, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co 5853

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Guilleminea densa var. aggregata, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co 5850

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Guilleminea densa var. aggregata, Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co 5855

Scientific Name Guilleminea densa var. aggregata USDA PLANTS Symbol GUDEA
Common Name Small Matweed ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 528292
Family Amaranthaceae (Amaranth) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Dry sandy or stoney soils usually in disturbed areas; 2,500 to 6,000 ft.
Plant: Prostrate, mat-forming perennial; much-branched stems 1 to 12 inches long with dense dense cottony hairs.
Leaves: lanceolate to spatulate, 0.8 to 1-inch long, usually gone by fruiting; stem leaves up to 1.2 inches long and 0.5-inch wide, ovate grouped closely together, smooth upper surface and woolly below.
Inflorescence: Very small white to cream flowers, in dense, compact clusters (glomerules) in the leaf axils; flowers are less than 0.1-inch long; tepals are united in a 5-lobed, densely cottony-hairy perianth, 5 yellow anthers in greenish-yellow centers.
Bloom Period: May to October.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, SEINet and The Jepson Herbarium. 		BONAP Distribution Map


Map Color Key		 Texas Status:
Native
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