Onosmodium bejariense
(False Gromwell)
Onosmodium bejariense, McKinney Falls State Park, Austin, Travis Co. 2309
Onosmodium bejariense, McKinney Falls State Park, Austin, Travis Co. 2315
Onosmodium bejariense, McKinney Falls State Park, Austin, Travis Co. 2299
Onosmodium bejariense, McKinney Falls State Park, Austin, Travis Co. 2317
| Scientific Name | Onosmodium bejariense (Onosmodium molle) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ONBE |
| Common Name | False Gromwell, Soft-hair Marbleseed | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 835464 |
| Family | Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry, sunny areas on hillsides, along roadsides and in woodland openings. Plant: Erect, very hairy perennial, 1 to 3 ft high; single stem branching in upper portion; colony-forming. Leaves: Sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate-to spatulate, hairy, deeply veined (5 to 7 veins); up to 5 inches long and 1/2-inch wide. Inflorescence: White, tubular blossoms about 3/4-inch long clustered in drooping scorpioid cymes; corolla has 5 hairy, green to yellow-tinged, triangular lobes at the tip that close the mouth of the tube; long white style projects from the tube remaining long after the lobes drop. Bloom Period: March to June. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist, "Wildflowers of Texas" by Michael Eason, Minnesota Wildflowers and A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Onosmodium. Note: This plant has a number of synonyms and variants. Synonymous species include O. molle and Lithospermum onosmodium; variants include: bejariense, hispidissimum, occidentale and subsetosum, among others. |
BONAP Distribution Map N/A |
Texas Status: Native |
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