Texas
Wildbuds

Hedypnois cretica

(Cretanweed)

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Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8552

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Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8538

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Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8566

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Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8551

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Hedypnois cretica, Westminster Glen, Austin, Travis Co. 8541

Scientific Name Haploesthes greggii var. texana USDA PLANTS Symbol HAGRT
Common Name Texas False Broomweed ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 528322
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Desert environment; gypsum (or possibly calcareous) soils.
Plant: Subshrub with multiple, branched, smooth stems 12 to 20 inches tall.
Leaves: Opposite, linear-filiform, never lobed, 3/4 to 2 inches long.
Inflorescence: Numerous small heads in terminal clusters with 3 to 5 yellow rays each; yellow disk florets; bell-shaped involucre with 5 broad, oval-shaped phyllaries.
Bloom Period: Sporadically all year after rains.
References: "Trees & Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas" by A. Michael Powell, ”Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, and Flora of North America.
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Texas Status:
Native

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

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