Krameria lanceolata
(Trailing Ratany)
Krameria lanceolata, Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, Travis Co. 5627
Krameria lanceolata, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 3987
Krameria lanceolata, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 4013
Krameria lanceolata, Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, Travis Co. 5604
Krameria lanceolata, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 4019
Krameria lanceolata, Wild Basin Preserve, Austin, Travis Co. 5609
Krameria lanceolata, Caprock Canyons State Park, Upper Canyon Trail, Briscoe Co. 9513
Krameria lanceolata, Pace Bend Park, Travis Co. 4024
| Scientific Name | Krameria lanceolata | USDA PLANTS Symbol | KRLA |
| Common Name | Trailing Ratany, Trailing Krameria | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 26754 |
| Family | Krameriaceae (Krameria) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Rocky, gravelly or sandy soils; dry rocky prairie hillsides, ravines, and roadsides. Plant: Low perennial with multiple, trailing, hairy stems from a central root, each up to 40 inches long. Leaves: Alternate, linear to elliptic, 1/5 to 4/5 inch long; surfaces silky-hairy; pointed tips. Inflorescence: Single flowers borne at leaf nodes on stalks 1/5 to 1-1/4 inches long; each flower about 1/2-inch across with 5 small petals and 5 conspicuous reflexed (bent back), petal-like, point-tipped, magenta sepals; petals are divided into 3 flag petals (yellow-green with reddish tips) and two others around the ovary. Fruit: Ball-shaped 1/4 to 1/3 inch diamter, covered in woolly hairs with sharp prickles. Bloom Period: April to June. Reference: Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses and "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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